1 In you, O LORD, I take refuge,
2In your faithfulness save me and rescue me,
3Be to me a rock of defence,
4Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
5For you, LORD, are my hope,
6On you have I leaned from my birth;
7I have been as a wonder to many,
8All the day long my mouth
9Cast me not off in the time of old age;
10For my foes whisper against me,
11“God has left him,” they say: “pursue
12O God, be not far from me,
13Put my foes to shame and dishonour,
14But I will never stop hoping,
15All the day long shall my mouth
16I will tell of the might of the LORD,
17You have taught me, O God, from my youth,
18Even in old age and grey hair,
19Your power and your justice, O God,
20You have caused us to see troubles many,
21You will multiply my greatness,
22So with harp I will praise you,
23My lips shall ring out their joy,
24Yes, all the day long shall my tongue