Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 71:5-18

5For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.6I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.7I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.8My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.

9Do not discard me in my old age;do not forsake me when my strength fails.10For my enemies speak against me,and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,11saying, “God has forsaken him;pursue him and seize him,for there is no one to rescue him.”

12Be not far from me, O God.Hurry, O my God, to help me.13May the accusers of my soulbe ashamed and consumed;may those who seek my harmbe covered with scorn and disgrace.

14But I will always hopeand will praise You more and more.15My mouth will declare Your righteousnessand Your salvation all day long,though I cannot know their full measure.16I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD;I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

17O God, You have taught me from my youth,and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.18Even when I am old and gray,do not forsake me, O God,until I proclaim Your power to the next generation,Your might to all who are to come.

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