Psalm 71:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Psalm 71

Prayer for Lifelong Protection and Help

¹In you, O Lord, I take refuge;
    let me never be put to shame.
²In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
    incline your ear to me and save me.
³Be to me a rock of refuge,
    a strong fortress,^[a] to save me,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.

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Footnotes

Psalm 71:3 Gk Compare 31.3: Heb to come continually you have commanded

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