Psalm 71 Prayed
Trusting in the gospel through
life’s trials
In you, O Lord Jesus, I have
taken refuge;
let
me never be put to shame.
Rescue me and deliver me in
your righteousness;
turn
your ear to me and save me.
May I be found in you,
not
having a righteousness of my own
that
comes from the law,
but that which is through faith
in you, O Christ—
the
righteousness that comes from God
and
is by faith.
Be my rock of refuge,
to
which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
for
you are my rock and my fortress.
Deliver me, O my God, from the
hand of the
Wicked
One,
from
the grasp of evil and cruel people.
For you have been my hope, O
Sovereign Jesus,
my
confidence since my youth.
From birth I have relied on
you;
you
brought me forth from my mother’s womb.
I
will ever praise you.
I have become like a
portent to many,
but
you are my strong refuge.
My mouth is filled with
your praise,
declaring
your splendour all day long.
Do not cast me away when I am
old;
do
not forsake me when my strength is gone.
For my spiritual enemies speak
against me;
those
who wait to kill my faith conspire
together.
They say, “God has forsaken
him;
pursue
him and seize him,
for
no one will rescue him.”
Be not far from me, O God;
come
quickly, O my God, to help me.
May my accuser Satan perish in
shame;
may
those who want to harm me
be
covered with scorn and disgrace.
May they see their sin is
before you,
may
they turn from their shame and disgrace
and
find forgiveness in you, O Lord Jesus.
But as for me, I will always
have hope;
I
will praise you more and more.
My mouth will tell of your
righteousness,
of
your salvation all day long,
though
I know not its measure.
I will come and proclaim your
mighty acts, O
Sovereign
Lord Jesus;
I
will proclaim your righteousness, yours
alone.
For I have been crucified with you, O Christ
and
I no longer live, but you live in me.
The life I live in the body,
I
live by faith you, the Son of
God,
for you loved me
and
gave yourself for me.
And since I am in you, O
Christ,
I
am a new creation;
the
old has gone, the new has come!
All
this is from you, O God my Father.
You
reconciled me to yourself through Christ.
For you were reconciling the
world to yourself in
Christ,
not
counting my sins against me.
Since my youth, O God, you have
taught me,
and
to this day I declare your marvellous
deeds.
Even when I am old and
grey,
do
not forsake me, O God,
till I declare your power to
the next generation,
your
might to all who are to come.
Your gift of righteousness
reaches to the skies, O
God,
you
who have done great things.
Who,
O God, is like you?
Though you have made me see
troubles, many and
bitter,
you
will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth
you
will again bring me up.
For by your power, O God, you
raised the Lord
Jesus
from the dead,
and
you will raise me up also.
My body which shall be sown
perishable,
shall
be raised imperishable.
It will be sown in dishonour,
but
you will raise it in glory.
It will be sown in weakness,
but
you will raise it in power.
It will be sown a natural body,
but
you will raise it a spiritual body.
When the perishable has been
clothed with the
imperishable,
and
the mortal with immortality,
then the saying that is written
will come true:
“Death
has been swallowed up in victory.”
You will increase my honour in
this,
and
comfort me with it once again.
Then I will praise you with the
harp
for
your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praise to you with
the lyre,
O
Holy One of heaven.
My lips will shout for joy
when
I sing praise to you—
I,
whom you have redeemed.
My tongue will tell of your
righteous acts
all
day long,
for those who wanted to harm me
will
have been put to shame and confusion.
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Psalm 71 Prayed
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