Psalm 71

1. In Thee, O LORD, do I take refuge; / I trust in Thy great Name, / Lest I be put to shame. / Me in Thy righteousness deliver; / Incline Thy ear and hear me; / With saving help be near me. /

2. Be Thou to me a rock of refuge, / A fortress steep and strong. / To save me from their wrong, / God, rescue me from all the wicked, / From men unjust and savage, / Who me surround and ravage. /

3. Thou, from my youth my trust and Helper, / My hope, I praise Thy worth; / I’ve leaned on Thee from birth. / Yes, from the womb, LORD, of my mother / Art Thou the One who took me, / And never yet forsook me. / W. van der Kamp, 1972; rev.