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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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/71.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O LORD, I have come to you for protection;</p><p class="line2">don’t let me be disgraced.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Save me and rescue me,</p><p class="line2">for you do what is right.</p><p class="line1">Turn your ear to listen to me,</p><p class="line2">and set me free.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Be my rock of safety</p><p class="line2">where I can always hide.</p><p class="line1">Give the order to save me,</p><p class="line2">for you are my rock and my fortress.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked,</p><p class="line2">from the clutches of cruel oppressors.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>O Lord, you alone are my hope.</p><p class="line2">I’ve trusted you, O LORD, from childhood.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Yes, you have been with me from birth;</p><p class="line2">from my mother’s womb you have cared for me.</p><p class="line2">No wonder I am always praising you!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>My life is an example to many,</p><p class="line2">because you have been my strength and protection.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>That is why I can never stop praising you;</p><p class="line2">I declare your glory all day long.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And now, in my old age, don’t set me aside.</p><p class="line2">Don’t abandon me when my strength is failing.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For my enemies are whispering against me.</p><p class="line2">They are plotting together to kill me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They say, “God has abandoned him.</p><p class="line2">Let’s go and get him,</p><p class="line2">for no one will help him now.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>O God, don’t stay away.</p><p class="line2">My God, please hurry to help me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Bring disgrace and destruction on my accusers.</p><p class="line2">Humiliate and shame those who want to harm me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I will keep on hoping for your help;</p><p class="line2">I will praise you more and more.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I will tell everyone about your righteousness.</p><p class="line2">All day long I will proclaim your saving power,</p><p class="line2">though I am not skilled with words.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I will praise your mighty deeds, O Sovereign LORD.</p><p class="line2">I will tell everyone that you alone are just.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood,</p><p class="line2">and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now that I am old and gray,</p><p class="line2">do not abandon me, O God.</p><p class="line1">Let me proclaim your power to this new generation,</p><p class="line2">your mighty miracles to all who come after me.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens.</p><p class="line2">You have done such wonderful things.</p><p class="line2">Who can compare with you, O God?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You have allowed me to suffer much hardship,</p><p class="line2">but you will restore me to life again</p><p class="line2">and lift me up from the depths of the earth.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You will restore me to even greater honor</p><p class="line2">and comfort me once again.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then I will praise you with music on the harp,</p><p class="line2">because you are faithful to your promises, O my God.</p><p class="line1">I will sing praises to you with a lyre,</p><p class="line2">O Holy One of Israel.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I will shout for joy and sing your praises,</p><p class="line2">for you have ransomed me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I will tell about your righteous deeds</p><p class="line2">all day long,</p><p class="line1">for everyone who tried to hurt me</p><p class="line2">has been shamed and humiliated.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">71:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">though I cannot count it.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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