Psalms 71:5-18

5For You are my hope; O Lord God, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.

6Upon You have I relied and been sustained from my birth; You are He who took me from my mother’s womb and You have been my benefactor from that day. My praise is continually of You.

7I am as a wonder to many, For You are my strong refuge.

8My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long.

9Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.

10For my enemies have spoken against me; Those who watch for my life have consulted together,

11Saying, “God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

12O God, do not be far from me; O my God, come quickly to help me!

13Let those who attack my life be ashamed and consumed; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.

14But as for me, I will wait and hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more.

15My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long, For their number is more than I know.

16I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord God [and in His strength]; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

17O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous works and miraculous deeds.

18And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me, Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.