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Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.

^1 (C1)In you, O LORD, I have put my trust and confidently taken refuge;
Let me never be ^(F1)put to shame.

^2 (C1)In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
^(C2)Incline Your ear to me and save me.

^3 (C1)Be to me a rock of ^(C2)refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come;
You have given the ^(C3)commandment to save me,
For You are ^(C4)my rock and my fortress.

^4 (C1)Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless),
From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.

⁵ For You are my ^(C1)hope;
O Lord GOD, You are my ^(C2)trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.

⁶ Upon You have I ^(C1)relied and been sustained from my birth;
You are He who ^(C2)took me from my mother's womb and You have been my benefactor from that day.
My ^(C3)praise is continually of You.

⁷ I am as a ^(C1)wonder to many,
For You are ^(C2)my strong refuge.

⁸ My ^(C1)mouth is filled with Your praise
And with ^(C2)Your glory all day long.

⁹ Do not cast me off nor send me away in the ^(C1)time of old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak.

¹⁰ For my enemies have spoken against me;
Those who ^(C1)watch for my life ^(C2)have consulted together,

¹¹ Saying, "^(C1)God has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is ^(C2)no one to rescue him."

¹² O God, ^(C1)do not be far from me;
O my God, ^(C2)come quickly to help me!

¹³ Let those who attack my life be ^(C1)ashamed and consumed;
Let them be ^(C2)covered with reproach and dishonor, who ^(C3)seek to injure me.

¹⁴ But as for me, I will ^(C1)wait and hope continually,
And will ^(C2)praise You yet more and more.

¹⁵ My ^(C1)mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of ^(C2)Your deeds of salvation all day long,
For their number is ^(C3)more than I know.

¹⁶ I will come ^(C1)with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD and in His strength;
I will ^(C2)make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

¹⁷ O God, You ^(C1)have taught me from my youth,
And I still ^(C2)declare Your wondrous works and miraculous deeds.

¹⁸ And even when I am ^(C1)old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me,
Until I ^(C2)declare Your mighty strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

¹⁹ Your ^(C1)righteousness, O God, reaches to the height of the heavens,
You who have ^(C2)done great things;
O God, ^(C3)who is like You, who is Your equal?

²⁰ You who have ^(C1)shown ^(F1)me many troubles and distresses
Will ^(C2)revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again ^(C3)from the depths of the earth.

²¹ May You increase my ^(C1)greatness (honor)
And turn to ^(C2)comfort me.

²² I will also praise You with the ^(C1)harp,
Your truth and faithfulness, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the ^(C2)lyre,
O ^(C3)Holy One of Israel.

²³ My lips will ^(C1)shout for joy when I sing praises to You,
And my ^(C2)soul, which You have redeemed.

²⁴ My ^(C1)tongue also will speak of Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ^(C2)ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my injury.