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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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/psalms/71.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmhdg">Psalm 71</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In you, <span class="name">Lord</span>, I have taken refuge;</p><p class="line2">let me never be put to shame.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;</p><p class="line2">turn your ear to me and save me.</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 refuge,</p><p class="line2">to which I can always go;</p><p class="line1">give the command 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>Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,</p><p class="line2">from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For you have been my hope, Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">my confidence since my youth.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>From birth I have relied on you;</p><p class="line2">you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.</p><p class="line2">I will ever praise you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I have become a sign to many;</p><p class="line2">you are my strong refuge.</p> <p class="line1"><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="line2">declaring your splendor all day long.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not cast me away when I am old;</p><p class="line2">do not forsake me when my strength is gone.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For my enemies speak against me;</p><p class="line2">those who wait to kill me conspire together.</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 forsaken him;</p><p class="line2">pursue him and seize him,</p><p class="line2">for no one will rescue him.”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Do not be far from me, my God;</p><p class="line2">come quickly, God, to help me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>May my accusers perish in shame;</p><p class="line2">may those who want to harm me</p><p class="line2">be covered with scorn and disgrace.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>As for me, I will always have hope;</p><p class="line2">I will praise you more and more.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds,</p><p class="line2">of your saving acts all day long—</p><p class="line2">though I know not how to relate them all.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Since my youth, God, you have taught me,</p><p class="line2">and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Even when I am old and gray,</p><p class="line2">do not forsake me, my God,</p><p class="line1">till I declare your power to the next generation,</p><p class="line2">your mighty acts to all who are to come.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,</p><p class="line2">you who have done great things.</p><p class="line2">Who is like you, God?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Though you have made me see troubles,</p><p class="line2">many and bitter,</p><p class="line2">you will restore my life again;</p><p class="line1">from the depths of the earth</p><p class="line2">you will again bring me up.</p> <p class="line1"><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="line2">and comfort me once more.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I will praise you with the harp</p><p class="line2">for your faithfulness, my God;</p><p class="line1">I will sing praise to you with the lyre,</p><p class="line2">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>My lips will shout for joy</p><p class="line2">when I sing praise to you—</p><p class="line2">I whom you have delivered.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/71-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>My tongue will tell of your righteous acts</p><p class="line2">all day long,</p><p class="line1">for those who wanted to harm me</p><p class="line2">have been put to shame and confusion.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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