| Chapter 71 |
1 | In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame.
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2 | Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.
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3 | 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.
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4 | Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
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5 | For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: [Thou art] my trust from my youth.
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6 | 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.
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7 | I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.
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8 | My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day.
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9 | Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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10 | For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
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11 | Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.
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12 | O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
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13 | 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.
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14 | But I will hope continually, And will praise thee yet more and more.
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15 | My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, [And] of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers [thereof].
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16 | I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
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17 | O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
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18 | 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.
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19 | Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?
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20 | 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.
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21 | Increase thou my greatness, And turn again and comfort me.
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22 | 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.
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23 | My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
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24 | 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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