Psalm 71
Let me never be put to shame.
Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.
Thou hast given commandment to save me;
For thou art my rock and my fortress.
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Thou art my trust from my youth.
Thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels:
My praise shall be continually of thee.
But thou art my strong refuge.
And with thy honor all the day.
Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.
O my God, make haste to help me.
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
And will praise thee yet more and more.
And of thy salvation all the day;
For I know not the numbers thereof.
I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation,
Thy might to every one that is to come.
Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?
Wilt quicken us again,
And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
And turn again and comfort me.
Even thy truth, O my God:
Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp,
O thou Holy One of Israel.
And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.