1 In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age. YLT — Psalm 71:1
2 In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me. YLT — Psalm 71:2
3 Be to me for a rock — a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou. YLT — Psalm 71:3
4 O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent. YLT — Psalm 71:4
5 For Thou [art] my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth. YLT — Psalm 71:5
6 By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee [is] my praise continually. YLT — Psalm 71:6
7 As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou [art] my strong refuge. YLT — Psalm 71:7
8 Filled is my mouth [with] Thy praise, All the day [with] Thy beauty. YLT — Psalm 71:8
9 Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not. YLT — Psalm 71:9
10 For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together, YLT — Psalm 71:10
11 Saying, ‘God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.’ YLT — Psalm 71:11
12 O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste. YLT — Psalm 71:12
13 They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered [with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil, YLT — Psalm 71:13
14 And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise. YLT — Psalm 71:14
15 My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers. YLT — Psalm 71:15
16 I come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention Thy righteousness — Thine only. YLT — Psalm 71:16
17 God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders. YLT — Psalm 71:17
18 And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might. YLT — Psalm 71:18
19 And Thy righteousness, O God, [is] unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who [is] like Thee? YLT — Psalm 71:19
20 Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back — Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back — Thou bringest me up. YLT — Psalm 71:20
21 Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest — Thou comfortest me, YLT — Psalm 71:21
22 I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel, YLT — Psalm 71:22
23 My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed, YLT — Psalm 71:23
24 My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed — because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil! YLT — Psalm 71:24