Psalms 71:5-18

5For You are my hope, Adonai my Lord— my trust from my youth.

6From my birth I have leaned on You. You took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise is always about You.

7I am like an ominous sign to many, but You are my strong refuge.

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

9Do not cast me away in the time of old age. When my strength fails, do not forsake me.

10For my enemies speak against me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

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

12O God, be not far from me! My God, come quickly to help me.

13Let the accusers of my soul be disgraced and destroyed. Let those who seek to harm me be covered with scorn and confusion.

14But I—I will hope continually and will praise You more and more.

15My mouth will recount Your justice and Your salvation all day, though I do not know the sum of them.

16I come because of the mighty deeds of Adonai my Lord. I will remember Your righteousness —Yours alone.

17God, You taught me from my youth, and I still keep declaring Your wonders.

18So even until I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, till I tell of Your strong arm to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.