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For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth (71:5) By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee (71:6) I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge (71:7) Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day (71:8) Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth (71:9) For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together (71:10) Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him (71:11) O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help (71:12) Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt (71:13) But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more (71:14) My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof (71:15) I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only (71:16) O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works (71:17) Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come (71:18) Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee (71:19) Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth (71:20) Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side (71:21) I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel (71:22) My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed (71:23) My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt
(71:24)
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