## Psalms Chapter 71

###### Psalms 71:1
[Psalms 71:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:1)

בְּךָֽ־יְהֹוָ֥ה חָסִ֑יתִי אַל־אֵב֥וֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In thee, O Lord, do I take refuge: let me never be put to confusion.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In You, O L rd, have I trusted — let me not be shamed forever!


###### Psalms 71:2
[Psalms 71:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:2)

בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֗ תַּצִּילֵ֥נִי וּֽתְפַלְּטֵ֑נִי הַטֵּֽה־אֵלַ֥י אׇ֝זְנְךָ֗ וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Deliver me in Thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline Thy ear to me, and save me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In Your righteousness rescue me and release me. Incline Your ear to me and save me.


###### Psalms 71:3
[Psalms 71:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:3)

הֱיֵ֤ה לִ֨י**׀** לְצ֥וּר מָע֡וֹן לָב֗וֹא תָּמִ֗יד צִוִּ֥יתָ לְהוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי כִּֽי־סַלְעִ֖י וּמְצוּדָתִ֣י אָֽתָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be Thou my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort; which Thou hast appointed to save me; for Thou art my rock and my fortress.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Be to me a rock of shelter [in whose covert] to come always. You have [ever] commanded [(agents)] to help me; for You are my rock and my fortress.


###### Psalms 71:4
[Psalms 71:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:4)

אֱֽלֹהַ֗י פַּ֭לְּטֵנִי מִיַּ֣ד רָשָׁ֑ע מִכַּ֖ף מְעַוֵּ֣ל וְחוֹמֵֽץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked man, out of the hand of the unrighteous and violent man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O G d, rescue me from the hand of the wicked one, from the hand of the wrongdoer and the despoiler.


###### Psalms 71:5
[Psalms 71:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:5)

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה תִקְוָתִ֑י אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱ֝הֹוִ֗ה מִבְטַחִ֥י מִנְּעוּרָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou art my hope, O Lord God: Thou art my trust from my youth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You are my hope, O L rd, G d; my shelter from my youth.


###### Psalms 71:6
[Psalms 71:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:6)

עָלֶ֤יךָ**׀** נִסְמַ֬כְתִּי מִבֶּ֗טֶן מִמְּעֵ֣י אִ֭מִּי אַתָּ֣ה גוֹזִ֑י בְּךָ֖ תְהִלָּתִ֣י תָמִֽיד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By Thee have I been sustained from the womb: Thou art he who took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise is continually of Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You were my stay from the womb. From my mother's belly did You take me forth. You have ever been my praise.


###### Psalms 71:7
[Psalms 71:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:7)

כְּ֭מוֹפֵת הָיִ֣יתִי לְרַבִּ֑ים וְ֝אַתָּ֗ה מַֽחֲסִי־עֹֽז׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am as a marvel to many; but Thou art my strong refuge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have been a sign [(a symbol and portent of affliction)] for the multitude, but You are the shelter of my strength [(and I have borne all that has come upon me)].


###### Psalms 71:8
[Psalms 71:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:8)

יִמָּ֣לֵא פִ֭י תְּהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ כׇּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם תִּפְאַרְתֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let my mouth be filled with Thy praise and with Thy glory all the day.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My mouth shall be filled with Your praise; with Your glory all the day.


###### Psalms 71:9
[Psalms 71:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:9)

אַֽל־תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵנִי לְעֵ֣ת זִקְנָ֑ה כִּכְל֥וֹת כֹּ֝חִ֗י אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not cast me away now that I have aged [in sin]; with the waning of my strength, do not forsake me.


###### Psalms 71:10
[Psalms 71:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:10)

כִּֽי־אָמְר֣וּ אוֹיְבַ֣י לִ֑י וְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י נוֹעֲצ֥וּ יַחְדָּֽו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For my enemies speak against me; and they who watch for my soul take counsel together,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For my foes have spoken against me, and those who watch my soul [(to ensnare it)] have taken counsel together,


###### Psalms 71:11
[Psalms 71:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:11)

לֵ֭אמֹר אֱלֹהִ֣ים עֲזָב֑וֹ רִֽדְפ֥וּ וְ֝תִפְשׂ֗וּהוּ כִּי־אֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
saying, God has forsaken him: pursue and catch him; for there is none to deliver him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
saying: The L rd has abandoned him. Pursue and seize him, for there is none to rescue him.


###### Psalms 71:12
[Psalms 71:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:12)

אֱ֭לֹהִים אַל־תִּרְחַ֣ק מִמֶּ֑נִּי אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי (חישה) [חֽוּשָׁה]׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste to help me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O G d, do not go far from me. My G d, hasten to my help.


###### Psalms 71:13
[Psalms 71:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:13)

יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ יִכְלוּ֮ שֹׂטְנֵ֢י נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י יַעֲט֣וּ חֶ֭רְפָּה וּכְלִמָּ֑ה מְ֝בַקְשֵׁ֗י רָעָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them be confounded and consumed who are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour who seek my hurt.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let the foes of my soul be shamed and cut off. Let those who seek my ill be enveloped in shame and abashment.


###### Psalms 71:14
[Psalms 71:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:14)

וַ֭אֲנִי תָּמִ֣יד אֲיַחֵ֑ל וְ֝הוֹסַפְתִּ֗י עַל־כׇּל־תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But as for me, I will hope continually, and will praise Thee yet more and more.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall always hope [in You], and [(when You help me)] I shall add to all of Your praises.


###### Psalms 71:15
[Psalms 71:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:15)

פִּ֤י**׀** יְסַפֵּ֬ר צִדְקָתֶ֗ךָ כׇּל־הַיּ֥וֹם תְּשׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י לֹ֖א יָדַ֣עְתִּי סְפֹרֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My mouth shall rehearse Thy righteousness and Thy salvation all the day; for I cannot count them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My mouth shall speak Your righteousness, Your salvation all of the day, for I do not know a count [(to the salvations You have wrought for me)].


###### Psalms 71:16
[Psalms 71:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:16)

אָב֗וֹא בִּ֭גְבֻרוֹת אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֑ה אַזְכִּ֖יר צִדְקָתְךָ֣ לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will come to celebrate the mighty acts of the Lord God: I will make mention of Thy righteousness, Thine alone.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I come [to praise] the mighty acts of the L rd G d; I mention Your help alone [(for there is no other)].


###### Psalms 71:17
[Psalms 71:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:17)

אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים לִמַּדְתַּ֥נִי מִנְּעוּרָ֑י וְעַד־הֵ֝֗נָּה אַגִּ֥יד נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth: and I still declare Thy wondrous deeds.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O G d, You have taught me [(by what has passed over me)] from my youth, and until this day I relate Your wonders.


###### Psalms 71:18
[Psalms 71:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:18)

וְגַ֤ם עַד־זִקְנָ֨ה**׀** וְשֵׂיבָה֮ אֱלֹהִ֢ים אַֽל־תַּ֫עַזְבֵ֥נִי עַד־אַגִּ֣יד זְרוֹעֲךָ֣ לְד֑וֹר לְכׇל־יָ֝ב֗וֹא גְּבוּרָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have related Thy strength to this generation, and Thy power to everyone that is to come.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And also in old age [(sixty)] and hoary old age [(seventy)] do not forsake me, O G d, so that I can speak of Your [mighty] arm to [that] generation, of Your strength to all those who come [to me],


###### Psalms 71:19
[Psalms 71:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:19)

וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥ אֱלֹהִ֗ים עַד־מָ֫ר֥וֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתָ גְדֹל֑וֹת אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים מִ֣י כָמֽוֹךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy righteousness also, O God, reaches the high heavens, who hast done great things.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
of Your righteousness, O G d, which reaches to the heights, of the great things that You have done [with me]. O G d, who is like You!


###### Psalms 71:20
[Psalms 71:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:20)

אֲשֶׁ֤ר (הראיתנו) [הִרְאִיתַ֨נִי**׀**] צָר֥וֹת רַבּ֗וֹת וְרָ֫ע֥וֹת תָּשׁ֥וּב (תחינו) [תְּחַיֵּ֑נִי] וּֽמִתְּהֹמ֥וֹת הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ תָּשׁ֥וּב תַּעֲלֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O God, who is like Thee! Thou who hast shown me many and grievous troubles, restore me to life again, and bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[You,] who have shown me many troubles and ills, will turn back and revive me; and from the depths of the earth You will turn back and raise me.


###### Psalms 71:21
[Psalms 71:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:21)

תֶּ֤רֶב**׀** גְּֽדֻלָּתִ֗י וְתִסֹּ֥ב תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Increase my greatness, and turn to comfort me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Increase my greatness and surround me with consolation.


###### Psalms 71:22
[Psalms 71:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:22)

גַּם־אֲנִ֤י**׀** אוֹדְךָ֣ בִכְלִי־נֶבֶל֮ אֲמִתְּךָ֢ אֱלֹ֫הָ֥י אֲזַמְּרָ֣ה לְךָ֣ בְכִנּ֑וֹר קְ֝ד֗וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I too will praise Thee with the harp, speaking of Thy truth, O my God: to Thee will I sing with the lyre, O Thou Holy One of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I, likewise, shall praise Your truth with the harp, my G d. I shall play to You with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.


###### Psalms 71:23
[Psalms 71:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:23)

תְּרַנֵּ֣נָּה שְׂ֭פָתַי כִּ֣י אֲזַמְּרָה־לָּ֑ךְ וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּדִֽיתָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to Thee; and my soul, which Thou hast redeemed.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My lips will sing [praise] when I play to You [with the lyre], and the soul which You have redeemed.


###### Psalms 71:24
[Psalms 71:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/71:24)

גַּם־לְשׁוֹנִ֗י כׇּל־הַ֭יּוֹם תֶּהְגֶּ֣ה צִדְקָתֶ֑ךָ כִּי־בֹ֥שׁוּ כִי־חָ֝פְר֗וּ מְבַקְשֵׁ֥י רָעָתִֽי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My tongue also shall tell of Thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, who seek my hurt.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My tongue, too, all the day, shall speak Your righteousness, for the seekers of my ill have been shamed and abashed.