Old Testament

Psalms 71:8-16 Metrical Psalms 1650 (MP1650)

8. Fill'd let my mouth be with thy praiseand honour all day long.

9. O do not cast me off, when asold age doth overtake me;And when my strength decayed is,then do not thou forsake me.

10. For those that are mine enemiesagainst me speak with hate;And they together counsel takethat for my soul lay wait.

11. They said, God leaves him; him pursueand take: none will him save.

12. Be thou not far from me, my God:thy speedy help I crave.

13. Confound, consume them, that untomy soul are enemies:Cloth'd be they with reproach and shamethat do my hurt devise.

14. But I with expectationwill hope continually;And yet with praises more and moreI will thee magnify.

15. Thy justice and salvationmy mouth abroad shall show,Ev'n all the day; for I thereofthe numbers do not know.

16. And I will constantly go onin strength of God the Lord;And thine own righteousness, ev'n thinealone, I will record.

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