Psalm 71, side by side

¹In you, the LORD, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.

¹In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

²Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.

²Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

³Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.

³Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

⁴Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

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

⁵For you are my hope, Lord the LORD, my confidence from my youth.

⁵For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.

⁶I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.

⁶By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

⁷I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.

⁷I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

⁸My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.

⁸Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

⁹Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.

⁹Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

¹⁰For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

¹⁰For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

¹¹saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”

¹¹Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

¹²God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.

¹²O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

¹³Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

¹³Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

¹⁴But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

¹⁴But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

¹⁵My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.

¹⁵My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

¹⁶I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord the LORD. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.

¹⁶I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

¹⁷God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.

¹⁷O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

¹⁸Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.

¹⁸Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

¹⁹Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?

¹⁹Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

²⁰You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

²⁰Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

²¹Increase my honor and comfort me again.

²¹Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

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

²²I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

²³My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!

²³My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

²⁴My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.

²⁴My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.