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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Psalm 71 ISV</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="../">ISV</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 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/71.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">A Prayer for Deliverance</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In you, LORD, I take refuge;</p> <p class="poetry2">let me never be humiliated.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Rescue and deliver me,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="71:2 So LXX DSS 4QPs; MT reads In your righteousness you are delivering me and rescuing me">a</a></span> because you are righteous.</p> <p class="poetry2">Turn your ear to me and save me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Be my sheltering refuge where I may go continuously;</p> <p class="poetry2">command my deliverance</p> <p class="poetry2">for you are my rock and fortress.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My God, deliver me from the power of the wicked</p> <p class="poetry2">and the grasp of ruthless practicers of evil.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For you are my hope, Lord GOD,</p> <p class="poetry2">my security since I was young.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I depended on you since birth,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="71:6 Lit. you from the womb">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">when you brought me<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="71:6 So MT; LXX reads birth, it was you who sheltered me; DSS 4QPs reads birth, you are my protector ">c</a></span> from my mother’s womb;</p> <p class="poetry2">I praise you continuously.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I have become an example to many</p> <p class="poetry2">that you are my strong refuge.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>My mouth is filled with your praise</p> <p class="poetry2">and your splendor daily.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Don’t throw me away when I am old;</p> <p class="poetry2">do not abandon me when my strength fails.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For my enemies talk against me;</p> <p class="poetry2">those who seek to kill me plot together</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and say, “God has abandoned him.</p> <p class="poetry2">Run after him and seize him,</p> <p class="poetry2">because there’s no deliverer.”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>God, do not be distant from me.</p> <p class="poetry2">My God, come quickly to help me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Let my adversaries be ashamed and consumed;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="71:13 So MT; LXX reads and let them expire; DSS 4QPs reads and let them be consumed ">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">let those who seek my destruction</p> <p class="poetry2">be covered with scorn and disgrace.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As for me, I will hope continuously</p> <p class="poetry2">and will praise you more and more.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="71:15 Lit. My mouth">e</a></span> will declare your righteousness</p> <p class="poetry2">and your salvation every day,</p> <p class="poetry2">though I do not fully understand</p> <p class="poetry2">what the outcome will be.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="71:15 Lit. understand the sum">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Lord GOD, I will come in the power of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="71:16 The Heb. lacks the power of">g</a></span> your mighty acts,</p> <p class="poetry2">remembering your righteousness—yours alone.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>God, you taught me from my youth,</p> <p class="poetry2">so I am still declaring your awesome deeds.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Also, when I reach old age and have gray hair,</p> <p class="poetry2">God, do not forsake me,</p> <p class="poetry2">until I have declared your power</p> <p class="poetry2">to this generation</p> <p class="poetry2">and your might to the next one.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Your many righteous deeds,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="71:19 Lit. righteous deeds as far as the height">h</a></span> God, are great,</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>God, who can compare to you,</p> <p class="poetry2">who caused me to experience<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="71:20 Lit. see">i</a></span> troubles </p> <p class="poetry2">that were numerous and disastrous?</p> <p class="poetry2">You will return to revive me</p> <p class="poetry2">and lift me up from the depths of the earth.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>You will increase my honor</p> <p class="poetry2">and comfort me once again.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I also will praise you with the harp;</p> <p class="poetry2">because of your faithfulness, my God,</p> <p class="poetry2">I will praise you with the lyre—</p> <p class="poetry2">Holy One of Israel.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you,</p> <p class="poetry2">whose life you have redeemed.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Moreover, my tongue will speak all day about your justice;</p> <p class="poetry2">for those who seek my destruction will be utterly humiliated.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 71:2 So LXX DSS 4QPs; 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