PSALM 71

Prayer for Lifelong Protection and Help

Psalm 71:1 In you, O LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame!

Psalm 71:2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me!

Psalm 71:3 Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

Psalm 71:4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.

Psalm 71:5 For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth.

Psalm 71:6 Upon you I have leaned from my birth; from my mother’s womb, you have been my strength. My praise is continually of you.

Psalm 71:7 I have been as a portent to many; but you are my strong refuge.

Psalm 71:8 My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.

Psalm 71:9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.

Psalm 71:10 For my enemies speak concerning me, those who watch for my life consult together,

Psalm 71:11 and say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him.”

Psalm 71:12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!

Psalm 71:13 May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my harm.

Psalm 71:14 But I will hope continually, and will praise you yet more and more.

Psalm 71:15 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.

Psalm 71:16 With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come, I will praise your righteousness, yours alone.

Psalm 71:17 O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

Psalm 71:18 So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, till I proclaim your might to all the generations to come. Your power

Psalm 71:19 and your righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?

Psalm 71:20 You who have made me see many sore troubles will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.

Psalm 71:21 You will increase my honor, and comfort me again.

Psalm 71:22 I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 71:23 My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued.

Psalm 71:24 And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disgraced who sought to do me harm.