1 In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and set me free; incline to me thine ear and save me.
3 Be to me a rock of dwelling for continual resort; thou hast commanded to save me; for my rock (crag) and my fortress [art] thou.
4 O my God, deliver me from the hand of the wicked, from the palm of the unrighteous and cruel [man].
5 For thou [art] my hope, Adonai Jehovah, my confidence from my youth.
6 On thee have I been stayed from the womb; from my mother’s bowels thou didst take me out; of (in) thee [is] my praise continually.
7 As a wonder have I been to many, and thou [art] my strong refuge.
8 My mouth shall be filled [with] thy praise, thine honor, all the day.
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; when my strength faileth, forsake me not.
10 For mine enemies speak against me, and those that watch for my soul consult together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver.
12 O God, be not far from me; my God, hasten to my help.
13 Ashamed, consumed, be the adversaries of my soul; covered with reproach and dishonor be those that seek evil to me.
14 And as for me, continually will I hope and will praise thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, all the day thy salvation; for I know not its numbers.
16 I will go in the might of Adonai Jehovah; I will recall thy righteousness, thine only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto do I show thy wondrous works.
18 Yea (or And) also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, until I declare, thine arm to a generation, thy might to every one that is to come.
19 And thy righteousness, O God, [is] very high; thou who hast done great things, O God, who [is] like thee?
20 Thou who hast made us (or me) see many distresses and evils, wilt turn and make us live, and from the depths of the earth wilt turn and bring us up.
21 Thou wilt increase my greatness and surround me with comfort.
22 Also on my part I will thank thee with the psaltery, thy truth, O my God; I will sing psalms to thee with the harp, O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall exult when I sing praises to thee; and my soul which thou hast redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day; for they shall be ashamed, for they shall be confounded, that seek evil to me.
Notes on Psalm 71
The psalm before us goes on with this faithfulness throughout Israel’s history (personified in David’s), and the conviction with prayer that He will not forsake them when He is most needed (71).