71:1 In Thee, Hashem, do I put my trust; let me not be put to shame l’olam.
71:2 Deliver me in Thy tzedakah, and cause me to escape; incline Thine ear unto me, and hoshi’eini (save me).
71:3 Be Thou Tzur Ma’on (a rock of habitation), whereunto I may resort tamid (continually); Thou hast given commandment to save me; for Thou art my rock and my fortress.
71:4 Deliver me, O Elohai, out of the yad of the rasha, out of the palm of the unrighteous and cruel man.
71:5 For Thou art my tikveh (hope), Adonoi Hashem; Thou art my trust from my youth.
71:6 By Thee have I been upheld from the beten (womb); Thou art He that took me out of the womb of immi; my tehillah (praise) shall be of Thee tamid (continually).
71:7 I am as a mofet (portent) unto rabbim (many); but Thou art my strong refuge.
71:8 Let my mouth be filled with Thy tehillah (praise) and with Thy tiferet (glory) kol hayom.
71:9 Cast me not off in the time of ziknah (old age); forsake me not when my ko’ach faileth.
71:10 For mine oyevim speak against me; and they that lay in wait for my nefesh conspire together,
71:11 Saying, Elohim hath forsaken him; persecute and lay hold of him; for there is none to rescue him.
71:12 O Elohim, be not far from me; O Elohai, make haste for my help.
71:13 Let them be ashamed and consumed that are [satanic] adversaries to my nefesh; let them be covered with cherpah (reproach) and dishonor that seek my hurt.
71:14 But I will hope tamid (continually), and will yet give tehillah to Thee more and more.
71:15 My mouth shall proclaim Thy tzedakah and Thy Teshuah (salvation) kol hayom; for I know not the limits thereof.
71:16 I will come in the gevurot (mighty acts) of Adonoi Hashem; I will make mention of Thy tzedakah, even of Thine only.
71:17 O Elohim, Thou hast taught me from my youth; and hitherto have I declared Thy nifle’ot (wondrous works).
71:18 Now also when I am in ziknah (old age) and grayheaded, O Elohim, forsake me not; until I have declared Thy zero’a [Moshiach; see Isa 53:1] unto this generation, and Thy gevurah to everyone that is to come.
71:19 Thy tzedakah also, O Elohim, is ad marom (to the heights). Thou Who hast done gedolot (great things); O Elohim, mi khamocha (who is like unto Thee)?
71:20 Thou, which hast showed me great and severe tzoros, shalt revive me again, and shalt bring me up again from the tehomot (abysses) of ha’aretz.
71:21 Thou shalt increase my gedolah, and comfort me on every side.
71:22 I will also praise Thee with the nevel (lyre), even Thy emes, O Elohai; unto Thee will I sing with the kinnor (harp), O Thou Kadosh Yisroel.
71:23 My lips shall shout for joy when I sing unto Thee; and my nefesh, which Thou hast purchased for redemption.
71:24 My leshon also shall tell of Thy tzedakah kol hayom; for they are brought unto shame, they are humiliated that seek my hurt.
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