{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/71","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T06:50:27.679Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":71,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":70,"nextChapter":72,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be ashamed."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: bow down thine ear unto me, and save me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, and with thy honour all the day."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For mine enemies speak concerning me; and they that watch for my soul take counsel together,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Saying, God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste to help me."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Let them be ashamed and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, and of thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, thy might to every one that is to come."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Thou, which hast shewed us many and sore troubles, shalt quicken us again, and shalt bring us up again from the depths of the earth."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Increase thou my greatness, and turn again and comfort me."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are ashamed, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 71 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 71](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/71)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/71 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}