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71:1 In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. 71:2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me. 71:3 Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. 71:4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel. 71:5 For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth. 71:6 Upon you I have leaned from my birth; it was you who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of you. 71:7 I have been like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge. 71:8 My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all day long. 71:9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength is spent. 71:10 For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my life consult together. 71:11 They say, "Pursue and seize that person whom God has forsaken, for there is no one to deliver." 71:12 O God, do not be far from me; O my God, make haste to help me! 71:13 Let my accusers be put to shame and consumed; let those who seek to hurt me be covered with scorn and disgrace. 71:14 But I will hope continually, and will praise you yet more and more. 71:15 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all day long, though their number is past my knowledge. 71:16 I will come praising the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD, I will praise your righteousness, yours alone. 71:17 O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. 71:18 So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to all the generations to come. Your power 71:19 and your righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you? 71:20 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. 71:21 You will increase my honor, and comfort me once again. 71:22 I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. 71:23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued. 71:24 All day long my tongue will talk of your righteous help, for those who tried to do me harm have been put to shame, and disgraced.