# Psalm 71 (New King James Version)
God the Rock of Salvation

##### Chapter 71
###### 1 In You, O Lord, I put my trust;  
Let me never be put to shame.  

###### 2 Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;  
Incline Your ear to me, and save me.  

###### 3 Be my strong refuge,  
To which I may resort continually;  
You have given the commandment to save me,  
For You _are_ my rock and my fortress.

###### 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,  
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.  

###### 5 For You are my hope, O Lord God;  
_You are_ my trust from my youth.  

###### 6 By You I have been upheld from birth;  
You are He who took me out of my mother's womb.  
My praise _shall be_ continually of You.

###### 7 I have become as a wonder to many,  
But You _are_ my strong refuge.  

###### 8 Let my mouth be filled _with_ Your praise  
_And with_ Your glory all the day.

###### 9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age;  
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.  

###### 10 For my enemies speak against me;  
And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together,  

###### 11 Saying, "God has forsaken him;  
Pursue and take him, for _there is_ none to deliver _him._"

###### 12 O God, do not be far from me;  
O my God, make haste to help me!  

###### 13 Let them be confounded _and_ consumed  
Who are adversaries of my life;  
Let them be covered _with_ reproach and dishonor  
Who seek my hurt.

###### 14 But I will hope continually,  
And will praise You yet more and more.  

###### 15 My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness  
_And_ Your salvation all the day,  
For I do not know _their_ limits.  

###### 16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God;  
I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.

###### 17 O God, You have taught me from my youth;  
And to this _day_ I declare Your wondrous works.  

###### 18 Now also when _I am_ old and grayheaded,  
O God, do not forsake me,  
Until I declare Your strength to _this_ generation,  
Your power to everyone _who_ is to come.

###### 19 Also Your righteousness, O God, _is_ very high,  
You who have done great things;  
O God, who _is_ like You?  

###### 20 _You,_ who have shown me great and severe troubles,  
Shall revive me again,  
And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.  

###### 21 You shall increase my greatness,  
And comfort me on every side.

###### 22 Also with the lute I will praise You--  
_And_ Your faithfulness, O my God!  
To You I will sing with the harp,  
O Holy One of Israel.  

###### 23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,  
And my soul, which You have redeemed.  

###### 24 My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long;  
For they are confounded,  
For they are brought to shame  
Who seek my hurt.