Psalm 71

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

1 i In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame!
 2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me, and save me!
 3 Be to me a rock of j refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have k given the command to save me,
for you are my l rock and my fortress.

4 m Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
 5 For you, O Lord, are my n hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
 6 Upon you I have leaned o from before my birth;
you are he who p took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.

7 I have been as q a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
 8 My r mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day.
 9 s Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.
 10 For my enemies speak concerning me;
those who t watch for my life u consult together
 11 and say, "God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him."

12 O God, be not v far from me;
O my God, w make haste to help me!
 13 May my accusers be x put to shame and consumed;
y with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
who z seek my hurt.
 14 But I will a hope continually
and will b praise you yet more and more.
 15 My c mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for d their number is past my knowledge.
 16 With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
 18 So even to e old age and gray hairs,
O God, f do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
 19 Your g righteousness, O God,
reaches the high heavens.
You who have done h great things,
O God, i who is like you?
 20 You who have j made me see many troubles and calamities
will k revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.
 21 You will increase my greatness
and comfort me again.

22 I will also praise you with l the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
O m Holy One of Israel.
 23 My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have n redeemed.
 24 And my o tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been p put to shame and disappointed
who sought to do me hurt.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 71:1 - 3
    In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame!
    Psalms 31:1 - 3
    In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 90:1
    Book Four Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
    Psalms 91:9
    Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place - the Most High, who is my refuge -
    Deuteronomy 33:27
    The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, Destroy.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 42:8
    By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 18:2
    The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 140:1
    Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men.
    Psalms 140:4
    Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 14:8
    O you hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble, why should you be like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
    Jeremiah 17:13
    O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be put to shame; those who turn away from you shall be written in the earth, for they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living water.
    Jeremiah 50:7
    All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the Lord, their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, the hope of their fathers.
    1 Timothy 1:1
    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 22:10
    On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 22:9
    Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 8:18
    Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
    1 Corinthians 4:9
    For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 71:24
    And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 71:18
    So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 56:6
    They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 83:5
    For they conspire with one accord; against you they make a covenant -
    Psalms 41:7 - 8
    All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 10:1
    Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 70:5
    But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!
    Psalms 40:13
    Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 71:24
    And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
    Psalms 35:4
    Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!
    Psalms 35:26
    Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 109:29
    May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 71:24
    And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
    Esther 9:2
    The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm. And no one could stand against them, for the fear of them had fallen on all peoples.
    Psalms 70:2
    Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 71:5
    For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 71:22
    I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 71:8
    My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.
    Psalms 71:24
    And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt.
  22. Cross References
    Psalms 40:5
    You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
  23. Cross References
    Isaiah 46:4
    Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 71:9
    Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.
  25. Cross References
    Psalms 36:5
    Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
  26. Cross References
    Psalms 126:2
    Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them.
    1 Samuel 12:24
    Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
    Luke 1:49
    For he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
  27. Cross References
    Psalms 35:10
    All my bones shall say, "O Lord, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 60:3
    You have made your people see hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 80:18
    Then we shall not turn back from you; give us l...
    Psalms 85:6
    Will you not revive us again, that your people ...
    Psalms 119:25
    My soul clings to the dust; give me life accord...
    Psalms 138:7
    Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you pres...
    Psalms 143:11
    For your name's sake, O Lord, preserve my life!...
    Hosea 6:2
    After two days he will revive us; on the third ...
  30. Cross References
    Psalms 33:2
    Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
  31. Cross References
    Psalms 78:41
    They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
    Psalms 89:18
    For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
    2 Kings 19:22
    Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel!
    Isaiah 60:9
    For the coastlands shall hope for me, the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your children from afar, their silver and gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.
  32. Cross References
    Psalms 34:22
    The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 71:8
    My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.
    Psalms 71:15
    My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
    Psalms 35:28
    Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
  34. Cross References
    Psalms 71:13
    May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt.
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