Psalms 71:2-17

²Because you always do what is right, help me and rescue me; listen to me, and save me!

³Be like an overhanging rock MET under which I can be safe/protected; be like a strong fortress in which I am safe DOU. You continually command (OR, Continually command) your angels to rescue me.

⁴God, rescue me from wicked people, from the power of unjust and evil men.

⁵Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one whom I confidently expect to help me; I have trusted in you since I was young.

⁶I have depended on you all my life; you have taken care of me IDM since the day that I was born, so I will always praise you.

⁷The manner in which I have conducted my life has been an example to many people, because they realize that you have been my strong defender.

⁸I praise you all day long, and I proclaim that you are glorious/wonderful.

⁹Now, when I have become an old man, do not reject/abandon me; do not abandon me now, when I am not strong anymore.

¹⁰My enemies say that they want to kill me; they plan together how they can do that.

¹¹They say about me, “God has abandoned him; so now we can pursue him and seize him, because there is no one who will rescue him.”

¹²God, do not stay far away from me; hurry to help me!

¹³Cause those who ◄accuse me/say that I have done things that are wrong► to be defeated and destroyed; cause those who want to harm me to be shamed and disgraced.

¹⁴But as for me, I will continually and confidently expect you to do great things for me, and I will praise you more and more.

¹⁵I will tell people that you do what is right; all day long I will tell people how you have saved me, although what you have done is more than I can fully understand.

¹⁶Yahweh, my Lord, I will praise you for your mighty deeds; I will proclaim that only you always act justly.

¹⁷God, you have taught me many/those things ever since I was young, and I still tell people about your wonderful deeds.