Psalms 71:3-24

³Be to me a rock for refuge where I may always go; you have given a command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

⁴Rescue me, my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel.

⁵For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh. I have trusted in you ever since I was a child.

⁶By you I have been supported from the womb; you are he who took me out of my mother's belly; my praise will be always about you.

⁷I am an example to many people; you are my strong refuge.

⁸My mouth will be filled with your praise, all the day with your honor.

⁹Do not throw me away in my time of old age; do not abandon me when my strength fails.

¹⁰For my enemies are talking about me; those who watch for my life are plotting together.

¹¹They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is no one to save him.”

¹²God, do not be far from me; my God, hurry to help me.

¹³Let them be put to shame and destroyed, those who are hostile to my life; let them be covered with rebuke and dishonor, those who seek my hurt.

¹⁴But I will always hope in you and will praise you more and more.

¹⁵My mouth will tell about your righteousness and your salvation all the day, although I cannot understand it.

¹⁶I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh; I will make mention of your righteousness, yours alone.

¹⁷God, you have taught me from my youth; even now I declare your wonderful deeds.

¹⁸Indeed, even when I am old and gray-headed, God, do not forsake me, as I have been declaring your strength to the next generation, your power to everyone who is to come.

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

²⁰You who made me see many troubles will revive us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

²¹May you increase my honor; turn again and comfort me.

²²I will also give thanks to you with the harp for your trustworthiness, my God; to you I will sing praises with the harp, Holy One of Israel.

²³My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you— even my soul, which you have redeemed.

²⁴My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long; for they have been put to shame and are confused, those who sought my hurt.