New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (nwt, en_US, 2013)
Psalm
Psalm, 71
1 In you, O Jehovah, I have taken refuge. May I never be put to shame.
2 In your righteousness save me and rescue me. Incline your ear*1 to me and save me.
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3 Become for me a rock fortress Where I can always enter. Give the command to save me, For you are my crag and my stronghold.
4 O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked, From the grasp of the unjust oppressor.
5 For you are my hope, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah; I have trusted in you*1 since my youth.
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6 I have depended on you from birth; It was you who took me from my mother’s womb. I praise you constantly.
7 I have become like a miracle to many, But you are my strong refuge.
8 My mouth is filled with your praise; All day long I tell about your splendor.
9 Do not cast me off in my old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails.
10 My enemies speak against me, And those seeking to take my life*1 conspire together,
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11 Saying: “God has abandoned him. Chase after him and seize him, for there is no one to save him.”
12 O God, do not remain far away from me. O my God, hurry to help me.
13 May those who are resisting me*1 Be put to shame and perish. May those seeking my calamity Be covered with disgrace and humiliation.
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14 But as for me, I will continue to wait; I will add to your praise.
15 My mouth will recount your righteousness, All day long your acts of salvation, Though they are too many for me to grasp.*1
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16 I will come and tell about your mighty acts, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah; I will mention your righteousness, yours alone.
17 O God, you have taught me from my youth, And until now I keep declaring your wonderful works.
18 Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me. Let me tell the next generation about your power*1 And about your mightiness to all those who are to come.
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19 Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heights; You have done great things; O God, who is like you?
20 Though you have made me experience much distress and calamity, Revive me again; Bring me up from the depths*1 of the earth.
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21 May you increase my greatness And surround and comfort me.
22 Then I will praise you on a stringed instrument Because of your faithfulness, O my God. I will sing your praises*1 with the harp, O Holy One of Israel.
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23 My lips will shout joyfully as I sing praises to you, For you have saved my life.*1
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24 My tongue will speak about*1 your righteousness all day long, For those seeking my destruction will be ashamed and disgraced.
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