Psalm 71 Free Bible Version
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 Lord, you are the one who keeps me safe; please don't disappoint me.
1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.
2 Save me, rescue me, because you always do what is right.
2 Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.
3 Please listen to me, and save me. Be my rock of protection where I can always go and hide. You gave the command to save me; for you are my rock and fortress.
3 Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the clutches of those who are evil and brutal.
4 Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For you, Lord God, are my hope. You are the one I have trusted since I was young.
5 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.
6 I have depended on you since birth; you have taken care of me from my mother's womb. That's why I'm always praising you!
6 I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
7 My life has been like a miracle to many people, for you have been my powerful protector.
7 I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
8 All day long I am full of praise for you, telling how wonderful you are!
8 My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.
9 Don't reject me now I'm getting old. When my strength is gone, please don't abandon me.
9 Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies are talking about me; those who want to kill me are plotting together.
10 For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
11 They say, “God has given up on him. Let's go after him because there's no one to save him.”
11 saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
12 God, please don't stay away from me. My God, hurry to help me!
12 God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
13 Defeat my accusers, get rid of them! May those who want to cause me trouble be covered with shame and disgrace!
13 Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
14 As for me, I will go on hoping in you, and I will praise you more and more.
14 But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.
15 I will talk about your goodness and your salvation every day, even though it's more than I can understand.
15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
16 I will come and explain what the Lord has done. I will remind people that you alone do what is right.
16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
17 God, you have taught me since I was young, and I still tell others about all the wonderful things you do.
17 God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
18 Even though I'm old and gray, please don't abandon me, God. Let me tell the new generation about your power. Let me explain to all who are to come the great things you do.
18 Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
19 God, your trustworthy and true nature is higher than the highest heaven! You have done incredible things! God, who is like you?
19 God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens. You have done great things. God, who is like you?
20 You had me face many troubles and plenty of misery, but you will bring me back to life; you will rise me up from the depths of the earth.
20 You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
21 You will give me even greater prestige, and you will make me happy again.
21 Increase my honor and comfort me again.
22 Then I will praise you on the harp for your trustworthiness, my God. I will sing praises to you on the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
22 I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
23 I will shout for joy as I sing praises to you, for you have redeemed me.
23 My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
24 All day long I will tell about all the good things you have done, for those who tried to cause me misery have been disgraced and humiliated.
24 My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 31:1–3; Psalm 25:2–3; 1 Peter 2:6; Psalm 22:5; Jeremiah 17:18
- 2 Psalm 31:1; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 143:11; Psalm 116:1–2; Psalm 10:17–18
- 3 Psalm 18:2; Proverbs 18:10; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 31:2–3; Psalm 91:11–12
- 4 Psalm 59:1–2; Psalm 140:1–4; Psalm 17:8–9; Psalm 17:13; 2 Samuel 17:1–2
- 5 Jeremiah 17:7; Psalm 39:7; Psalm 119:81; Psalm 71:17; 1 Samuel 17:45–47
- 6 Jeremiah 1:5; Psalm 22:9–10; Psalm 139:15–16; Galatians 1:15; Isaiah 49:1
- 7 Isaiah 8:18; Psalm 62:7; Acts 4:13; 1 Corinthians 4:9; Jeremiah 16:19
- 8 Psalm 35:28; Psalm 146:2; Psalm 104:1; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 71:24
- 9 Isaiah 46:4; 2 Timothy 1:12; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 90:10; Psalm 92:13–15
- 10 Psalm 83:3; Psalm 56:6; Psalm 31:13; Psalm 37:32–33; Jeremiah 20:10
- 11 Psalm 7:2; Psalm 50:22; Matthew 27:46; Psalm 3:2; 2 Chronicles 32:13–14
- 12 Psalm 38:21–22; Psalm 35:22; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 70:5; Psalm 69:18
- 13 Jeremiah 20:11; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 109:29; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:26
- 14 1 John 3:3; Psalm 130:7; Lamentations 3:26; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 71:6
- 15 Psalm 40:5; Psalm 35:28; Psalm 71:8; Psalm 139:17–18; Psalm 145:5–14
- 16 Philippians 4:13; Philippians 3:9; Psalm 29:11; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 51:14
- 17 Psalm 119:9; Psalm 119:102; Psalm 71:5; Deuteronomy 4:5; 1 Samuel 17:36–37
- 18 Isaiah 46:4; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 71:9; Psalm 145:4–5; Psalm 78:6
- 19 Psalm 35:10; Psalm 36:5–6; Isaiah 55:9; Psalm 57:10; Exodus 15:11
- 20 Psalm 138:7; Hosea 6:1–2; Psalm 60:3; Psalm 86:13; Ezekiel 37:12–13
- 21 2 Samuel 3:1; Isaiah 12:1; Psalm 86:17; Psalm 18:35; 2 Corinthians 1:4–5
- 22 Psalm 92:1–3; Psalm 33:2; 2 Kings 19:22; Psalm 89:18; Isaiah 12:6
- 23 Psalm 103:4; Psalm 104:33; Luke 1:46–47; Revelation 5:9; Psalm 34:22
- 24 Psalm 71:13; Psalm 18:37–43; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Psalm 92:11; Psalm 35:28
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