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<t><p class="indent1">Let me never be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>put to shame. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; <t><p class="indent1">Incline Your ear to me and save me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Be to me a rock of refuge <i>and</i> a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come; <t><p class="indent1">You have given the commandment to save me, <t><p class="indent1">For You are my rock and my fortress. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless), <t><p class="indent1">From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For You are my hope; <t><p class="indent1">O Lord GOD, <i>You are</i> my trust <i>and</i> the source of my confidence from my youth. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Upon You have I relied <i>and</i> been sustained from my birth; <t><p class="indent1">You are He who took me from my mother’s womb <i>and</i> You have been my benefactor from that day. <t><p class="indent1">My praise is continually of You. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I am as a wonder to many, <t><p class="indent1">For You are my strong refuge. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>My mouth is filled with Your praise <t><p class="indent1">And with Your glory all day long. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not cast me off <i>nor</i> send me away in the time of old age; <t><p class="indent1">Do not abandon me when my strength fails <i>and</i> I am weak. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For my enemies have spoken against me; <t><p class="indent1">Those who watch for my life have consulted together, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Saying, “God has abandoned him; <t><p class="indent1">Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue <i>him</i>.” <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>O God, do not be far from me; <t><p class="indent1">O my God, come quickly to help me! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Let those who attack my life be ashamed and consumed; <t><p class="indent1">Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But as for me, I will wait <i>and</i> hope continually, <t><p class="indent1">And will praise You yet more and more. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness <t><p class="indent1">And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long, <t><p class="indent1">For their number is more than I know. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD [and in His strength]; <t><p class="indent1">I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>O God, You have taught me from my youth, <t><p class="indent1">And I still declare Your wondrous works <i>and</i> miraculous deeds. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me, <t><p class="indent1">Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation, <t><p class="indent1">Your power to all who are to come. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Your righteousness, O God, <i>reaches</i> to the [height of the] heavens, <t><p class="indent1">You who have done great things; <t><p class="indent1">O God, who is like You, [who is Your equal]? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You who have shown <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>me many troubles and distresses <t><p class="indent1">Will revive <i>and</i> renew me again, <t><p class="indent1">And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>May You increase my greatness (honor) <t><p class="indent1">And turn to comfort me. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I will also praise You with the harp, <t><p class="indent1">Your truth <i>and</i> faithfulness, O my God; <t><p class="indent1">To You I will sing praises with the lyre, <t><p class="indent1">O Holy One of Israel. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You, <t><p class="indent1">And my soul, which You have redeemed. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/71-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>My tongue also will speak of Your righteousness all day long; <t><p class="indent1">For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my injury.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> I.e. have my expectations in Your goodness be disappointed.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Another reading is <i>us</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <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 align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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