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Psalm 71

Vers 1

O Lord, my hope and confidence
is plac’d in thee alone;
Then let thy servant never be
put to confusion.

Vers 2

And let me, in thy righteousness,
from thee deliv’rance have;
Cause me escape, incline thine ear unto me,
and me save.

Vers 3

Be thou my dwelling-rock, to which
I ever may resort:
Thou gav’st commandment me to save,
for thou’rt my rock and fort.

Vers 4

Free me, my God, from wicked hands,
hands cruel and unjust:
For thou, O Lord God, art my hope,
and from my youth my trust.

Vers 5

Thou from the womb didst hold me up;
thou art the same that me
Out of my mother’s bowels took;
I ever will praise thee.

Vers 6

To many I a wonder am;
but thou’rt my refuge strong.
Fill’d let my mouth be with thy praise
and honour all day long.

Vers 7

O do not cast me off, when as
old age doth overtake me;
And when my strength decayed is,
then do not thou forsake me.

Vers 8

For those that are mine enemies
against me speak with hate;
And they together counsel take
that for my soul lay wait.

Vers 9

They said, God leaves him; him pursue
and take: none will him save.
Be thou not far from me, my God:
thy speedy help I crave.

Vers 10

Confound, consume them, that unto
my soul are enemies:
Cloth’d be they with reproach and shame
that do my hurt devise.

Vers 11

But I with expectation
will hope continually;
And yet with praises more and more
I will thee magnify.

Vers 12

Thy justice and salvation
my mouth abroad shall show,
Ev’n all the day; for I thereof
the numbers do not know.

Vers 13

And I will constantly go on
in strength of God the Lord;
And thine own righteousness, ev’n thine
alone, I will record.

Vers 14

For even from my youth, O God,
by thee I have been taught;
And hitherto I have declar’d
the wonders thou hast wrought.

Vers 15

And now, Lord, leave me not, when I
old and gray-headed grow:
Till to this age thy strength and pow’r
to all to come I show.

Vers 16

And thy most perfect righteousness
O Lord, is very high,
Who hast so great things done: O God,
who is like unto thee?

Vers 17

Thou, Lord, who great adversities,
and sore, to me didst show,
Shalt quicken, and bring me again
from depths of earth below.

Vers 18

My greatness and my pow’r thou wilt
increase, and far extend:
On ev’ry side against all grief
thou wilt me comfort send.

Vers 19

Thee, ev’n thy truth, I’ll also praise,
my God, with psaltery:
Thou Holy One of Israel,
with harp I’ll sing to thee.

Vers 20

My lips shall much rejoice in thee,
when I thy praises sound;
My soul, which thou redeemed hast,
in joy shall much abound.

Vers 21

My tongue thy justice shall proclaim,
continuing all day long;
For they confounded are, and sham’d,
that seek to do me wrong.
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Psalm 71 gehört zu Buch II (Psalm 42–72) des Psalters.

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