Psalm 71:1-6

In you, O Lord, do I flee for refuge; never let me be disappointed.

Deliver me in your righteousness, deliver me: incline your ear to me and save me.

Be my rock of refuge, to which I can continually come. Send your messenger to defend me, for you are my stronghold and fortress.

Rescue me, O God, from the hand of the ungodly, from the hand of the unjust and cruel.

For you are my hope, O Lord God, my confidence since my childhood.

Upon you I have leaned upon from birth; it was you who brought me forth from my mother’s womb. My praise of you is constant.

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