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