Psalm 71:1-24 Book# 2 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks] |
O Lord, I put my trust in You. Let me never be put to [shame.] [Psalm 25: O my God, I trust in You. Let me not be ashamed & [don't] let [my] enemies triumph over me. [Yes,] let none [who] wait on You be ashamed. Let [those] be ashamed [who sin] without cause.] |
In Your righteousness, deliver me & [have] me escape. [Lean] Your ear to [hear] me & save me & You be my strong [place to reside, that] I may continually [turn to as a source of assistance.] You have given [the command] to save me, for You are my Rock & my Fortress. |
O my God, deliver me out of the hand of the wicked & out of the hand of the unrighteous & cruel man. For You, Lord, are my hope, O God. From my youth, my trust [is in] You. |
You [are] He, [Who] took me out of my mother's [stomach.] From the womb, I have been [upheld & supported] by You. Continually, my praise shall be of You. But You are my strong refuge. To many, I am [like] a [sign.] [Isaiah 8:18-19 [Look,] the children whom the Lord has given me & I are for signs & for wonders in Israel, from the Lord of Hosts, [Who] dwells in Zion. |
And when they shall say to you, Seek to [those who] have familiar spirits & to wizards [who moan] & mutter. Shouldn't people seek their God? For the Living, [instead of] to the dead?] |
All the day, let my mouth be filled with Your praise & with honor [for] You. [Don't abandon] me when my strength fails & [don't] cast me off in the time of old age. For [my] enemies speak against me & [those who lie in] wait for my [life, take counsel together, saying, God has [abandoned] him. |
[Pursue & capture] him, for there [are] none to deliver him.] [Matthew 26:3-4 Then the chief priests, scribes & elders of the people assembled together, to the palace of the high priest, who was called Ciaphas & consulted that they might take Jesus by [trickery] to kill Him.] |
O God, [don't] be far from me. O my God, [hurry] for my help. Let [those who] are [enemies] to my [life] be [confused & destroyed.] Let [those who] seek my [harm] be covered with [disgrace] & dishonor. |
But I will continually praise You & yet will hope more & more. My mouth shall [declare] Your [unlimited] righteousness & Your Salvation all day [long.] [Psalm 98:2-3 The Lord has made known His Salvation. He has openly [shown] His righteousness in the sight of the heathen. |
He has remembered His mercy & truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the Salvation of our God.] |
I will mention only Your righteousness, Lord God & I will go in Your strength. O God, You have taught me from my youth & [up until now,] I have declared Your wondrous works. [Psalm 105:38-41 Egypt was glad when they departed: |
For the fear of [the Israelites] fell upon them. He spread a cloud for a covering & fire to give light in the night. The people asked & He brought quails & satisfied them with bread [from] heaven. He opened the rock & waters gushed out & they ran in the dry places like a river.] |
Now, when I'm old & also grayheaded, O God, [don't abandon] me; until I have [shown] Your strength to this generation & Your power to everyone [who] is to come. Very high is Your righteousness, O God, [Who] has also done great things. |
O God, who is [similar] to You! [Psalm 35:10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is [similar] to You, [Who] delivers the poor from him, [who] is too strong for him. [Yes,] the poor & needy from him [who plunders] him?] |
You, [Who] has [shown] me [large & serious] troubles, shall [bring me to life] again, from the depths of the earth. [John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, I Am the Resurrection & the Life. He, [who] believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And [whoever] lives & believes in Me, shall never die. [Do] you believe this?] |
You shall comfort me on every side & increase my [significance.] I will also praise You, even Your Truth, with the [lyre,] O my God. I will sing to You with the harp, O You Holy One of Israel. [John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I Am the Way, the Truth & the Life. No man comes to the Father, [except] by Me.] |
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You & my soul, which You have redeemed. For [those are confused, who] seek my [harm,] for they are brought to shame & my [mouth] shall also talk of Your righteousness all day long. |