James 24:7

Psalm 71

1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge

     Never let me be ashamed.

2 By your righteous deeds deliver me and rescue me;

     Bend your ear to me and save me.

3 Be for me a rocky refuge- you have ordered me to

    come regularly- to save me, for you are a rocky

    crag and fortress.

4 My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked,

    From the grasp of the perverse and cruel.

5 For you are my hope, Lord;

     Yahweh my trust from youth,

6 On you have I leaned from the womb,

     From my mother's belly you extracted me;

     In You is my praise continually.

7 I have become a virtual portent for many,

     But you are my strong refuge.

8 My mouth is full of your praise,

     All day long your wonders.

9 Do not toss me aside in old age;

    When my strength diminishes, do not abandon

    me.

10 For my enemies say about me,

     "Let us observe him and take common counsel:

11 God has abandoned him;

     Pursue and seize him, for he has none to

     deliver."

12  God be not distant from me;

     My God, rush to my aid.

13  Let them who oppose me be ahsamed and

      consumed;

      Let them be a reproach and disgrace-

      those who seek to hurt me.

14 But I keep on hoping

     And increase your praise.

15  My mouth will recite your righteous works,

     Your saving deeds all day long,

     Although I do not comprehend their number.

16 I will come in strength Lord God

     I will sing of nothing but your righteous deeds.

17 God you taught me from my youth;

     And until now I proclaim your wonderful works.

18 Even until I am old and gray, God,

     Do not forsake me,

     Until I tell your might to a generation

     Your power to all who come.

19 Your righteous deeds unto the heavens, God,

     In that you have done great things,

     God, who is like you?

20 That you have shown me numerous adversities and evils,

     You will renew me once more;

     And from the depths of the earth you will lift me

      up again.

21 You will increase my honor, embrace me, and comfort me.

22 Also, with a harp I will praise you for your faithfulness, my God;

     I will sing about you with a lyre, O Holy One of

      Israel

23 My lips will sing, indeed I will sing about you,

     I, myself, whom you have redeemed.

24 My tongue will also meditate throughout the day

     On your righteous deeds,

     For those who seek to hurt me have been

      shamed and disgraced.