Psalms 71:5-18

5For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth.

6By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise shall be continually of You.

7I have become as a wonder to many, But You are my strong refuge.

8Let my mouth be filled with Your praise And with Your glory all the day.

9Do not cast me off in the time of 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 take counsel together,

11Saying, “God has forsaken him; Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”

12O God, do not be far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!

13Let them be confounded and consumed Who are adversaries of my life; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor Who seek my hurt.

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

15My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And Your salvation all the day, For I do not know their limits.

16I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.

17O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.

18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.