Psalm 70-71

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for Help against Persecutors.

For the music director. A Psalm of David; for a memorial.

70 ^(A)God, hurry to save me;
Lord, hurry to help me!
²^(B)May those who seek my ^[a]life
Be put to shame and humiliated;
May those who delight ^[b]in my harm
Be turned back and dishonored.
³^(C)May those who say, “Aha, aha!” be ^[c]turned back
Because of their shame.

⁴May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And may those who love Your salvation say continually,
“May God be exalted!”
⁵But ^(D)I am afflicted and needy;
^(E)Hurry to me, God!
You are my help and my savior;
Lord, do not delay.

Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.

71 ^(F)In You, Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.
²^(G)In Your righteousness rescue me and save me;
^(H)Extend Your ear to me and help me.
³^(I)Be to me a rock of ^(J)dwelling to which I may continually come;
You have given the ^(K)commandment to save me,
For You are ^(L)my rock and my fortress.
⁴^(M)Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
From the ^[d]grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless,
⁵For You are my ^(N)hope;
Lord ^[e]God, You are my ^(O)confidence from my youth.
⁶I have ^(P)leaned on you since my birth;
You are He who ^(Q)took me from my mother’s womb;
My ^(R)praise is continually ^[f]of You.

⁷I have become a ^(S)marvel to many,
For You are ^(T)my strong refuge.
⁸My ^(U)mouth is filled with Your praise
And with ^(V)Your glory all day long.
⁹Do not cast me away at the ^(W)time of my old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails.
¹⁰For my enemies have spoken ^[g]against me;
And those who ^(X)watch for my ^[h]life ^(Y)have consulted together,
¹¹Saying, “^(Z)God has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is ^(AA)no one to save him.”

¹²God, ^(AB)do not be far from me;
My God, ^(AC)hurry to my aid!
¹³May those who are enemies of my soul be ^(AD)put to shame and consumed;
May they be ^(AE)covered with disgrace and dishonor, who ^(AF)seek ^[i]to injure me.
¹⁴But as for me, I will ^(AG)wait continually,
And will ^[j]^(AH)praise You yet more and more.
¹⁵My ^(AI)mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of ^(AJ)Your salvation all day long;
For I ^(AK)do not know the art of writing.
¹⁶I will come ^(AL)with the mighty deeds of the Lord ^[k]God;
I will ^(AM)make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

¹⁷God, You ^(AN)have taught me from my youth,
And I still ^(AO)declare Your wondrous deeds.
¹⁸And even when I am ^(AP)old and gray, God, do not abandon me,
Until I ^(AQ)declare Your ^[l]strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
¹⁹^[m]For Your ^(AR)righteousness, God, reaches to the ^[n]heavens,
You who have ^(AS)done great things;
God, ^(AT)who is like You?
²⁰You who have ^(AU)shown ^[o]me many troubles and distresses
Will ^(AV)revive ^[p]me again,
And will bring ^[q]me up again ^(AW)from the depths of the earth.
²¹May You increase my ^(AX)greatness
And turn to ^(AY)comfort me.

²²I will also praise You with ^[r]^(AZ)a harp,
And Your ^[s]truth, my God;
I will sing praises to You with the ^(BA)lyre,
^(BB)Holy One of Israel.
²³My lips will ^(BC)shout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my ^(BD)soul, which You have redeemed.
²⁴My ^(BE)tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ^(BF)put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek ^[t]my harm.