Psalms 71:1 (ASV)
In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame.

Psalms 71:2 (ASV)
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.

Psalms 71:3 (ASV)
Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me; For thou art my rock and my fortress.

Psalms 71:4 (ASV)
Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Psalms 71:5 (ASV)
For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: `Thou art' my trust from my youth.

Psalms 71:6 (ASV)
By thee have I been holden up from the womb; Thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: My praise shall be continually of thee.

Psalms 71:7 (ASV)
I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.

Psalms 71:8 (ASV)
My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day.

Psalms 71:9 (ASV)
Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Psalms 71:10 (ASV)
For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

Psalms 71:11 (ASV)
Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.

Psalms 71:12 (ASV)
O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.

Psalms 71:13 (ASV)
Let them be put to shame `and' consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

Psalms 71:14 (ASV)
But I will hope continually, And will praise thee yet more and more.

Psalms 71:15 (ASV)
My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, `And' of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers `thereof'.

Psalms 71:16 (ASV)
I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

Psalms 71:17 (ASV)
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

Psalms 71:18 (ASV)
Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto `the next' generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

Psalms 71:19 (ASV)
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

Psalms 71:20 (ASV)
Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

Psalms 71:21 (ASV)
Increase thou my greatness, And turn again and comfort me.

Psalms 71:22 (ASV)
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, `Even' thy truth, O my God: Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 71:23 (ASV)
My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

Psalms 71:24 (ASV)
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.
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