Psalm 71

⁵ You are the King and the Lord. You have always been my hope.
    I have trusted in you ever since I was young.
⁶ From the time I was born I have depended on you.
    You brought me out of my mother’s body.
    I will praise you forever.
⁷ To many people I am an example of how much you care.
    You are my strong place of safety.
⁸ My mouth is filled with praise for you.
    All day long I will talk about your glory.

⁹ Don’t push me away when I’m old.
    Don’t desert me when my strength is gone.
¹⁰ My enemies speak against me.
    Those who want to kill me get together and make evil plans.
¹¹ They say, “God has deserted him.
    Go after him and grab him.
    No one will save him.”
¹² God, don’t be far away from me.
    My God, come quickly and help me.
¹³ May those who bring charges against me die in shame.
    May those who want to harm me
    be covered with shame and dishonor.

¹⁴ But I will always have hope.
    I will praise you more and more.
¹⁵ I will tell other people about all the good things you have done.
    All day long I will talk about how you have saved your people.
    But there’s no way I could say how many times you’ve done this.
¹⁶ Lord and King, I will come and announce your mighty acts.
    I will announce all the good things that you alone do.
¹⁷ God, ever since I was young you have taught me.
    To this very day I tell about your wonderful acts.
¹⁸ God, don’t leave me
    even when I’m old and have gray hair.
Let me live to tell my children about your power.
    Let me tell all of them about your mighty acts.

¹⁹ God, your saving acts reach to the skies.
    You have done great things.
    God, who is like you?
²⁰ You have sent many bitter troubles my way.
    But you will give me new life.
Even if I’m almost in the grave,
    you will bring me back.
²¹ You will honor me more and more.
    You will comfort me once again.

²² My God, I will use the harp to praise you
    because you are always faithful.
Holy One of Israel,
    I will use the lyre to sing praise to you.
²³ My lips will shout with joy
    when I sing praise to you.
    You have saved me.
²⁴ All day long my tongue will say
    that you have done what is right.
Those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame.
    They have not been honored.