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Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.

^1 (C1)In You, LORD, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.

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

^3 (C1)Be to me a rock of ^(C2)dwelling 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)Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
From the ^(F1)grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless,

⁵ For You are my ^(C1)hope;
Lord ^(F1)GOD, You are my ^(C2)confidence from my youth.

⁶ I have ^(C1)leaned on You since my birth;
You are He who ^(C2)took me from my mother's womb;
My ^(C3)praise is continually ^(F1)of You.

⁷ I have become a ^(C1)marvel 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 away at the ^(C1)time of my old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails.

¹⁰ For my enemies have spoken ^(F1)against me;
And those who ^(C1)watch for my ^(F2)life ^(C2)have consulted together,

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

¹² God, ^(C1)do not be far from me;
My God, ^(C2)hurry to my aid!

¹³ May those who are enemies of my soul be ^(C1)put to shame and consumed;
May they be ^(C2)covered with disgrace and dishonor, who ^(C3)seek ^(F1)to injure me.

¹⁴ But as for me, I will ^(C1)wait continually,
And will ^(F1)(C2)praise You yet more and more.

¹⁵ My ^(C1)mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of ^(C2)Your salvation all day long;
For I ^(C3)do not know the art of writing.

¹⁶ I will come ^(C1)with the mighty deeds of the Lord ^(F1)GOD;
I will ^(C2)make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

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

¹⁸ And even when I am ^(C1)old and gray, God, do not abandon me,
Until I ^(C2)declare Your ^(F1)strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

^19 (F1)For Your ^(C1)righteousness, God, reaches to the ^(F2)heavens,
You who have ^(C2)done great things;
God, ^(C3)who is like You?

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

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

²² I will also praise You with ^(F1)(C1)a harp,
And Your ^(F2)truth, my God;
I will sing praises to You with the ^(C2)lyre,
^(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 tell of Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ^(C2)put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek ^(F1)my harm.