PSALM 71. _In te, Domine, speravi_.
In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust, let me never be put to
confusion: but rid me and deliver me in thy righteousness, incline
thine ear unto me, and save me.
2 Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast
promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence and my castle.
3 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly: out of the
hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
4 For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long for: thou art my
hope, even from my youth.
5 Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born: thou
art he that took me out of my mother's womb; my praise shall be
always of thee.
6 I am become as it were a monster unto many: but my sure trust is
in thee.
7 O let my mouth be filled with thy praise: that I may sing of thy
glory and honour all the day long.
8 Cast me not away in the time of age: forsake me not when my
strength faileth me.
9 For mine enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait for my
soul take their counsel together, saying: God hath forsaken him;
persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him.