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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 71 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/71.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/71-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Psalm 71</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/70.htm" title="Psalm 70">◄</a> Psalm 71 <a href="../psalms/72.htm" title="Psalm 72">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/71-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Be My Rock of Refuge<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><V 70:1>A Psalm of David. Of the sons of Jonadab and the former captives. In you, O Lord, I have hoped; do not let me be brought to ruin forever.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><V 70:2>Free me by your justice, and rescue me. Incline your ear to me, and save me.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><V 70:3>Be a God of protection and a place of strength for me, so that you may accomplish my salvation. For you are my firmament and my refuge.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><V 70:4>Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, and from the hand of the unjust and those who act against the law.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><V 70:5>For you, O Lord, are my patience: my hope from my youth, O Lord.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><V 70:6>In you, I have been confirmed from conception. From my mother’s womb, you are my protector. In you, I will sing forever.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><V 70:7>I have become to many as if I were a portent, but you are a strong helper.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><V 70:8>Let my mouth be filled with praise, so that I may sing your glory, your greatness all day long.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><V 70:9>Do not cast me off in the time of old age. Do not abandon me when my strength will fail.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><V 70:10>For my enemies have spoken against me. And those who watched for my soul have taken counsel as one,<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><V 70:11>saying: “God has abandoned him. Pursue and overtake him. For there is no one to rescue him.”<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><V 70:12>O God, do not be far from me. O my God, provide for my assistance.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><V 70:13>May they be confounded, and may they fail, who drag down my soul. Let them be covered with confusion and shame, who seek evils for me.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><V 70:14>But I will always have hope. And I will add more to all your praise.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><V 70:15>My mouth will announce your justice, your salvation all day long. For I have not known letters.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><V 70:16>I will enter into the powers of the Lord. I will be mindful of your justice alone, O Lord.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><V 70:17>You have taught me from my youth, O God. And so I will declare your wonders continuously,<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><V 70:18>even in old age and with grey hairs. Do not abandon me, O God, while I announce your arm to every future generation: your power<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><V 70:19>and your justice, O God, even to the highest great things that you have done. O God, who is like you?<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><V 70:20>How great is the tribulation that you have revealed to me: very great and evil. And so, turning back, you have brought me to life, and you have led me back again from the abyss of the earth.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><V 70:21>You have multiplied your magnificence. And so, turning back to me, you have consoled me.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><V 70:22>Therefore, I will confess your truth to you, with the instruments of the Psalter. O God, I will sing psalms to you with stringed instruments, O Holy One of Israel.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><V 70:23>My lips will exult, when I sing to you, and also my soul, which you have redeemed.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><V 70:24>And even my tongue will meditate on your justice all day long, when those who seek evils for me have been confounded and set in awe.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/70.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 70"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 70" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/72.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 72"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 72" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>