Psalms 71:6-19

⁶On you have I leaned from my birth; from my mother's womb it was you who did draw me. In you is my hope evermore.

⁷I have been as a wonder to many, for you are my refuge and strength.

⁸All the day long my mouth is filled with your praise and your glory.

⁹Cast me not off in the time of old age; when my strength is spent, forsake me not.

¹⁰For my foes whisper against me, they who watch me take counsel together;

¹¹“God has left him,” they say: “pursue and seize him, for he is helpless.”

¹²O God, be not far from me, haste, O my God, to my help.

¹³Put my foes to shame and dishonor, with insult and shame be they covered.

¹⁴But I will never stop hoping, and more and yet more will I praise you.

¹⁵All the day long shall my mouth tell your faithfulness and your salvation, though I know not how they may be counted.

¹⁶I will tell of the might of the Lord, and your faithfulness praise, you alone.

¹⁷You have taught me, O God, from my youth, and till now have I told of your wonders.

¹⁸Even in old age and grey hair, O God, do not forsake me. Still would I tell of your might unto all generations to come.

¹⁹Your power and your justice, O God, extend as far as the heavens: for great are the things you have done. Who is like you, O God?