Psalms 71:2-20

²Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.

³Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.

⁴O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.

⁵For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

⁶You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.

⁷I am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.

⁸My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the day.

⁹Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.

¹⁰For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

¹¹Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.

¹²O God, be not far from me; O my God, come quickly to my help.

¹³Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

¹⁴But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.

¹⁵My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.

¹⁶I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my words will be of your righteousness, and of yours only.

¹⁷O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

¹⁸Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

¹⁹Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

²⁰You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.