it were,
but you have been my strong helper.
8. Let my mouth be filled with praise,
that I may sing of your glory and majesty all day.
9. Do not cast me off in the time of my old age;
do not forsake me when
my strength fails.
10. For my enemies have spoken
against me,
and my assassins have taken
counsel together,
11. saying, “God has forsaken him,
pursue and take him, for he has no deliverer.”
12. O God, do not be far removed
from me;
O my God, draw near to my assistance.
13. Let those who plot against my life
be ashamed and utterly fail;
let those who seek my ill
be clothed with shame and dishonor.
14. But as for me,
I will continually hope,
and I will praise you more and more.
15. My mouth shall declare your righteousness,
your saving help all the day long;
for I know no other practices.
16. I will go forth in the might of the Lord,
O Lord I will boast of your
righteousness alone.
17. You have taught me, O God, from my youth,
even still I declare your wonders.
18. Even until I am old
and advanced in years,
forsake me not, O God,
until I shall have declared your might
to all the generation that is yet to come,
even your power and righteousness.
19. O God, the great works you
have wrought
are as high as the heavens!
O God, who can be compared with you?
20. O what trials many and sore have you shown me!
Yet you relented and restored my life,
and brought me back from the depths of the earth.
21. You have multiplied your
saving mercy,
and returned and comforted me,
and brought me back from the depths of the earth.
22. Therefore I will praise you with a musical instrument,
even I, regarding your truth, O God.
I will sing and play to you on the harp,
O Holy One of Israel.
23. My lips shall rejoice
when I sing to you,
and my soul, which you have redeemed.
24. Moreover, even my tongue
shall meditate on your righteousness,
all the day long,
while those who seek my harm,
shall be ashamed and confounded.
Psalm 71
1. O God, give your judgment
to the king,
and your righteousness to the king’s son;
2. that he may judge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with judgment.
3. Let the mountains and hills
raise peace and prosperity for
your people.
4. He shall judge the poor of your people with righteousness,
and save the children of the needy
and lay low the false accuser.
5. He shall endure as long as the sun,
and stand before the moon forever.
6. He shall come down as heavy showers upon a fleece
and as raindrops falling upon the earth.
7. In his days righteousness shall
spring up
and abundance of peace until the moon be no more.
8. And he shall reign from sea to sea,
from the great river to the ends
of the earth.
9. Ethiopians shall bow down
before him,
and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10. The kings of Tarshish and the islands shall bring presents
The kings of Arabia and Saba
shall offer gifts.
11. And all kings shall worship him;
all the nations will serve him.
12. For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor;
and the needy who had no helper.
Psalm 72
1. How good is
