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PSALMS
71.22
- O God, make haste unto me;
- Thou art my help and my deliverer;
- O Lord, tarry not.
- 71 In Thee, O Lord, have I taken refuge;
- Let me never be ashamed.
- 2Deliver me in Thy righteousness, and rescue me;
- Incline Thine ear unto me, and save me.
- 3Be Thou to me a sheltering rock, whereunto I may continually resort,
- Which Thou hast appointed to save me;
- For Thou art my rock and my fortress.
- 4O my God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked,
- Out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.
- 5For Thou art my hope;
- O Lord God, my trust from my youth.
- 6Upon Thee have I stayed myself from birth;
- Thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb;
- My praise is continually of Thee.
- 7I am as a wonder unto many;
- But Thou art my strong refuge.
- 8My mouth shall be filled with Thy praise,
- And with Thy glory all the day.
- 9Cast me not off in the time of old age;
- When my strength faileth, forsake me not.
- 10For mine enemies speak concerning me,
- And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
- 11Saying: 'God hath forsaken him;
- Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.'
- 12O God, be not far from me;
- O my God, make haste to help me.
- 13Let them be ashamed and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
- Let them be covered with reproach and confusion that seek my hurt.
- 14But as for me, I will hope continually,
- And will praise Thee yet more and more.
- 15My mouth shall tell of Thy righteousness,
- And of Thy salvation all the day;
- For I know not the numbers thereof.
- 16I will come with Thy mighty acts, O Lord God;
- I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even of Thine only.
- 17O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth;
- And until now do I declare Thy wondrous works.
- 18And even unto old age and hoary hairs, O God, forsake me not;
- Until I have declared Thy strength unto the next generation,
- Thy might to every one that is to come.
- 19Thy righteousness also, O God, which reacheth unto high heaven;
- Thou who hast done great things,
- O God, who is like unto Thee?
- 20Thou, who hast made me to see many and sore troubles,
- Wilt quicken me again, and bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
- 21Thou wilt increase my greatness,
- And turn and comfort me.
- 22I also will give thanks unto Thee with the psaltery,
- Even unto Thy truth, O my God;
- I will sing praises unto Thee with the harp,
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