Psalms:71
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In you ,
O Lord ,
have I put my hope ;
let me never be shamed .
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Keep me safe in your righteousness ,
and come to my help ;
give ear to my voice ,
and be my saviour .
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Be my strong Rock ,
the strong place of my salvation ;
for you are my Rock ,
and my safe place .
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O my God ,
take me out of the hand of the sinner ,
out of the hand of the evil and cruel man .
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For you are my hope ,
O Lord God ;
I have had faith in you from the time when I was young .
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You have been my support from the day of my birth ;
you took me out of my mother '
s body ;
my praise will be ever of you .
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I am a wonder to all ;
but you are my strong tower .
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My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the day .
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Do not give me up when I am old ;
be my help even when my strength is gone .
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For my haters are waiting secretly for me ;
and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs ,
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Saying ,
God has given him up ;
go after him and take him ,
for he has no helper .
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O God ,
be not far from me ;
O my God ,
come quickly to my help .
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Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame ;
let my haters be made low and have no honour .
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But I will go on ever hoping ,
and increasing in all your praise .
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My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day ;
for they are more than may be measured .
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I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God ;
my words will be of your righteousness ,
and of yours only .
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O God ,
you have been my teacher from the time when I was young ;
and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now .
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Now when I am old and grey-headed ,
O God ,
give me not up ;
till I have made clear your strength to this generation ,
and your power to all those to come .
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Your righteousness ,
O God ,
is very high ;
you have done great things ;
O God ,
who is like you ?
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You ,
who have sent great and bitter troubles on me ,
will give me life again ,
lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld .
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You will make me greater than before ,
and give me comfort on every side .
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I will give praise to you with instruments of music ,
O my God ,
for you are true ;
I will make songs to you with music ,
O Holy One of Israel .
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Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you ;
and in my soul ,
to which you have given salvation .
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My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day ;
for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame .