Psalm LXXI

In thee, O Lord, I put my trust,
Let me no [hurtful] shame befal.

In justice save me from my foes,
[By thee] let me escape them all.
Incline thine ear, and save thou me;

Be thou my strength [my rock] and fort,
My dwelling, unto which I may
For [help and] refuge still resort.
My safety is thy own Command,
My [rock and] fortress thou wilt be,

From wicked, unjust, cruel men
[Do thou] my God, deliver me.

For upon thee, my God alone,
My trust and hope [do all] depend;
Even from my raw and feeble youth,
[It's] thou [that] didst me still defend.

Thou hast sustain'd me from the womb,
It's thou that [safely] didst take me
From mother's bowels: All my thanks
[And praise] shall always be to thee.

A wonder I to many am,
[But] thou art [still] my refuge strong;

With thy praise let my mouth be fill'd,
And [with thy] honour all day long.

Cast me not off now when old age
And feebleness [on me] is come;
O do not me forsake at last
When [failing] strength is almost gone.

For those that are mine enemies,
Against me speak with [bitter] hate;
And they together counsel take
Who for my life lay [daily] wait.

They say, His God, in whom he trusts,
Doth [wholly] now this man forsake;
There's none to save him; now let us
Him persecute and [boldly] take.

O God, in time of my distress,
Be not thou far [from me] away,
My God, who art my only help,
[Now] help [thou] me without delay.

Confound, consume them all that are
To my soul [causeless] enemies;
Let them be cloathed all with shame
Who do my hurt [seek and] devise.

But I will wholly trust in thee,
And hope [in thee] continually;
And yet with praises more and more,
Thy [great] name [I] will magnifie.

Thy righteousness and saving help
My mouth [abroad] shall daily show,
For I of all thy mercies great
The numbers do not [cannot] know.

In all my duty I'le go on
In thy strength [only] O my Lord;
And only thy own righteousness
[To men] I'le mention and record.

Even from my tender youth, O God,
By thee [it is] I have been taught;
And hitherto I have declar'd
The wonders [all which] thou hast wrought.

Now, Lord, forsake me not, when I
Old [feeble] and grey-headed grow;
Till to this age, and all to come,
I shall thy [strength and] power show.

High is thy righteousness O God,
And [very] great things thou hast done;
Lord, who may be compar'd with thee?
Surely there is not [any] one.

Thou, Lord who troubles great and sore
Didst bring [on me] and make me know,
Shalt quicken and bring me again
[Even] from [the] depth of earth below.

Yea, thou my greatness shalt increase,
Thy blessings [on me] shall abound;
And with thy comforts and sweet peace
Thou [safely] wilt enclose me round.

I'le use the pleasant Psaltery
To make thy praises [further] known;
And with the Harp I'le sing to thee,
O Israel's [most] Holy One.

My lips shall my great joy express,
When [singing] I thy praises sound;
My soul which thou redeemed hast,
Shall with her [holy] joy abound.

And of thy righteousness my tongue
Shall talk [with joy] all the day long,
For they confounded are with shame
Who sought my hurt [and-death] with wrong.