Psalms 71:7-14

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.