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Psalm

Psalms 70–71

Psalm 70:1-71:24
To the conductor. Of David. To bring to remembrance. 1O God, rescue me; O the LORD, hasten to my help. 2Let those who seek my soul be ashamed and confounded; let those who delight in my distress turn back and be humiliated. 3Let them be turned back because of their shame, those who say, "Aha! Aha!" 4Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you, and let them say continually, "Let God be magnified," those who love your salvation. 5But I am afflicted and needy; O God, hasten to me; you are my helper and my deliverer; O the LORD, do not delay.
Chapter 71
1In you, O the LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. 2In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me. 3Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; you have commanded to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. 4My God, deliver me from the hand of the wicked, from the palm of the unjust and the oppressor. 5For you are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth. 6Upon you I have leaned from the womb, from the belly of my mother; you are the one who cut me; my praise is continually in you. 7I have become a wonder to many, but you are my refuge and strength. 8My mouth is filled with your praise and with your splendor all the day. 9Do not cast me off in the time of old age; when my strength is finished, do not forsake me. 10For my enemies speak against me, and those who watch for my soul consult together, 11saying, "God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to rescue." 12O God, do not be far from me; O my God, hasten to my help. 13Let those who oppose my soul be put to shame and consumed; let those who seek my distress be covered with reproach and shame. 14But I will hope continually and will add to all your praise. 15My mouth will recount your righteousness and your salvation all the day, for I do not know their numbers. 16I will come in the mighty acts of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of your righteousness, yours alone. 17O God, you have taught me from my youth, and until now I declare your wondrous deeds. 18Even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your arm to a generation, your might to all who are to come. 19Your righteousness also, O God, reaches to the height, you who have done great things; O God, who is like you? 20You who have shown us many distresses and harmful things will return and revive us and will bring us up again from the abyss of the land. 21You will increase my greatness and turn and comfort me. 22I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. 23My lips will shout for joy when I sing to you, and my soul, which you have redeemed. 24My tongue also will speak of your righteousness all the day, for they are put to shame and confounded who seek my distress.
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