In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
WhatsApp
Copy
Psalms 71
Listen to the Word
Initializing audio...
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
WhatsApp
Copy
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
WhatsApp
Copy
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
WhatsApp
Copy
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
WhatsApp
Copy
Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
WhatsApp
Copy
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
WhatsApp
Copy
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
WhatsApp
Copy
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
WhatsApp
Copy
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
WhatsApp
Copy
Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
WhatsApp
Copy
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
WhatsApp
Copy
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
WhatsApp
Copy
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
WhatsApp
Copy
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
WhatsApp
Copy
Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
WhatsApp
Copy
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
WhatsApp
Copy
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
WhatsApp
Copy
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
WhatsApp
Copy
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.
WhatsApp
Copy
Psalms 71 Study & Commentary
Psalm 71 is the prayer of an aging believer. David asks for God’s strength in his old age, vowing to praise Him "more and more" and to declare His strength to the next generation.
CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS
1. Faith in Old Age: "Cast me not off in the time of old age" (v. 9). Faith does not retire; it matures and testifies.2. A Mouth Full of Praise: We should determine that our mouth will be "filled with thy praise... all the day" (v. 8).
