Chapter 71

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

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

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

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

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

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  By 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.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  I 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.  

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

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  My 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.  

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