{"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/kjv/psalms/71","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:24:36.640Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 put to confusion."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou <i>art</i> my rock and my fortress."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Deliver 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 <i>art</i> my hope, O Lord GOD: <i>thou art</i> 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 <i>shall be</i> continually of thee."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"I am as a wonder unto many; but thou <i>art</i> my strong refuge."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Let my mouth be filled <i>with</i> thy praise <i>and with</i> 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 against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for <i>there is</i> none to deliver <i>him</i>."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Let them be confounded <i>and</i> consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered <i>with</i> reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness <i>and</i> thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers <i>thereof</i>."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, <i>even</i> 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":"Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto <i>this</i> generation, <i>and</i> thy power to every one <i>that</i> is to come."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Thy righteousness also, O God, <i>is</i> very high, who hast done great things: O God, who <i>is</i> like unto thee!"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"<i>Thou</i>, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"I will also praise thee with the psaltery, <i>even</i> thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing 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 confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 71 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 71](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/71)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/71 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}