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Prayer of an Old Man for Deliverance.
1 AIn You, O Loʀᴅ, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed.
2 AIn Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
BIncline Your ear to me and save me.
3 ABe to me a rock of
Bhabitation to which I may continually come;
You have given
Ccommandment to save me,
For You are
Dmy
1rock and my fortress.
4 ARescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the
1grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man,
O Lord
1Goᴅ,
You are my
Bconfidence from my youth.
6 1By You I have been
Asustained from
my birth;
You are He who
Btook me from my mother’s womb;
My
Cpraise is continually
2of You.
7 I have become a
Amarvel to many,
For You are
Bmy strong refuge.
8 My
Amouth is filled with Your praise
And with
BYour glory all day long.
9 Do not cast me off in the
Atime of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies have spoken
1against me;
And those who
Awatch for my
2life
Bhave consulted together,
11 Saying, “
AGod has forsaken him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is
Bno one to deliver.”
12 O God,
Ado not be far from me;
O my God,
Bhasten to my help!
13 Let those who are adversaries of my soul be
Aashamed
and consumed;
Let them be
Bcovered with reproach and dishonor, who
Cseek
1to injure me.
14 But as for me, I will
Ahope continually,
And will
1Bpraise You yet more and more.
15 My
Amouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of
BYour salvation all day long;
For I
Cdo not know the
1sum
of them. 16 I will come
Awith the mighty deeds of the Lord
1Goᴅ;
I will
Bmake mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.
17 O God, You
Ahave taught me from my youth,
And I still
Bdeclare Your wondrous deeds.
18 And even when
I am Aold and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I
Bdeclare Your
1strength to
this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
19 1For Your
Arighteousness, O God,
reaches to the
2heavens,
You who have
Bdone great things;
20 You who have
Ashown
1me many troubles and distresses
And will bring
1me up again
Cfrom the depths of the earth.
21 May You increase my
Agreatness
22 I will also praise You with
1Aa harp,
Even Your
2truth, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the
Blyre,
23 My lips will
Ashout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my
Bsoul, which You have redeemed.
24 My
Atongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are
Bashamed, for they are humiliated who seek
1my hurt.