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Psalm 71

1 He praieth in faith, eſtabliſhed by the worde of the promes. 9 And confirmed by the worke of God from his youth. 10 He complaineth of the crueltie of his enemies, 17 And deſireth God to continue his graces towarde him, 22 Promiſing to be mindful and thankeful for the ſame.
1.IN  thee, ô Lord, I truſt: let me neuer be aſhamed.
2.Reſcue me and deliuer me in thy righteouſnes: incline thine eare vnto me and ſaue me.
3.Be thou my ſtrong rocke, whereunto I maie alwaie reſorte: thou haſt giuẽ commandement to ſaue me: for thou art my rocke, and my fortreſſe.
4.Deliuer me, ô my God, out of the hand of the wicked: out of the hand of the euil and cruel man.
5.For thou art mine hope, ô Lord God, euen my truſt from my youth.
6.Vpon thee haue I bene ſtaied from the wombe: thou art he that toke me out of my mothers bowels: my praiſe ſhal be alwaies of thee.
7.I am become as it were a monſtre vnto manie: but thou art my ſure truſt.
8.Let my mouth be filled with thy praiſe, & with thy glorie euerie daie.
9.Caſt me not of in the time of age: forſake me not when my ſtrength faileth.
10.For mine enemies ſpeake of me, & they that laie waite for my ſoule, take their counſel together,
11.Saying, God hathe forſaken him: purſue and take him, for their is none to deliuer him.
12.Go not farre frõ me, ô God: my God, haſte thee to helpe me.
13.Let them be confounded and conſumed that are againſt my ſoule: let them be couered with reprofe & confuſion, that ſeke mine hurt.
14.But I wil waite continually, & wil praiſe thee more and more.
15.My mouth ſhal daily rehearſe thy righteouſnes, and thy ſaluacion: for I knowe not the nomber.
16.I wil go forwarde in the ſtrength of the Lord God, and wil make mention of thy righteouſnes, euen of thine onely.
17.O God, thou haſt taught me from my youth euen vntil now: therefore wil I tel of thy wonderous workes,
18.Yea, euen vnto mine olde age and graie head, ô God, forſake me not, vntil I haue declared thine arme vnto this generation, & thy power to all them, that ſhal come.
19.And thy righteouſnes, ô God, I wil exalt on high: for yu haſt done great things: ô God, who is like vnto thee!
20.Which haſt ſhewed me great troubles and aduerſities, but thou wilt returne and reuiue me, and wilt come againe, and take me vp from the depth of the earth.
21.Thou wilt increaſe mine honour, & returne and comfort me.
22.Therefore wil I praiſe thee for thy faithfulnes, ô God, vpon inſtrument and viole: vnto thee wil I ſing vpon the harpe, ô Holie one of Iſraél.
23.My lippes wil reioyce when I ſing vnto thee, and my ſoule, which thou haſt deliuered.
24.My tongue alſo ſhal talke of thy righteouſnes daily: for they are confounded & broght vnto ſhame, that ſeke mine hurt.

Notes

1:*.
Pſal. 31,1.
1:a.
He praieth to God wt ful aſſurance of faith, yt he wil deliuer him from his aduerſaries.
2:b.
By declaring thy ſelf true of promes.
3:c.
Thou haſt in finite meanes, & all creatures are at thy commandemẽt, therefore ſhew ſome ſigne, whereby I ſhalbe deliuered.
4:d.
That is, frõ Abſalóm, Ahitóphel & that conſpiracie.
5:e.
He ſtrengtheneth his faith by th'experiẽce of Gods benefites, who did not onely preſerue him in his mothers belly, but toke him thence, & euer ſince hathe preſerued him.
7:f.
All ye worlde wondereth at me becauſe of my miſeries, aswel thei in autoritie, as the cõmon people, yet being aſſured of thy fauour I remayned ſtedfaſt.
9:g.
Thou that didſt helpe me in my youth, when I had more ſtrẽgth, helpe me now ſo muche the more in mine olde age & weakenes.
11:h.
Thus the wicked bothe blaſpheme God & triũph againſt his Saints, as thogh he had forſakẽ them, if he ſuffer thẽ to fall into their hands
12:i.
In callĩg him his God, he putteth backe ye falſe reportes of the aduerſaries, that ſaid, God had forſaken him.
15:k.
Becauſe thy benefites toward me are innumerable, I can not but cõtinually meditate & rehearſe them
16:l.
I wil remaine ſtedfaſt, being vpholden with ye power of God.
18:m.
He deſireth yt as he hathe begonne, he wolde ſo continue his benefites, yt his liberalitie maie haue perfite praiſe.
19:n.
Thy iuſt performãce of thy promes.
19:o.
His faith breaketh through all tentacions, & by this exclamatiõ he praiſeth ye power of God.
20:p.
As he cõfeſſeth that God is the onelie autor of his deliuerance: ſo he acknowledgeth that theſe euils were ſent vnto him by Gods prouidence.
22:q.
He cõfeſſeth yt his long tariance was wel recompenſed, whẽ God performed his promes.
23:r.
For there is no true praiſing of God, except it come frõ the heart: and therefore he promiſeth to delite in nothing, but wherein God maie be glorified.