1 The prayer of an aged man
1 In Ps. 25:2,3thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: 1 Let me never be put to confusion.
2 Ps. 31:1Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: 2 Ps. 17:6Incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3 Ps. 31:2,3[a]Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: 3 Thou hast given Ps. 44:4commandment to save me; 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress.
4 Ps. 140:1,4Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, 4 Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For thou art Jer. 17:7my hope, O Lord God: 5 Thou art my trust from my youth.
6 Ps. 22:9,10;Is 46:3By thee have I been holden up from the womb: 6 Thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: 6 My praise shall be continually of thee.
7 Is. 8:18I am as a wonder unto many; 7 But thou art my strong refuge.
8 Let Ps. 35:28my mouth be filled with thy praise 8 And with thy honour all the day.
9 ver. 18Cast me not off in the time of old age; 9 Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak against me; 10 And they that [b]lay wait for my soul 2 Sam. 17:1;Mat. 27:1take counsel together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: 11 Persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
12 Ps. 35:22O God, be not far from me: 12 O my God, Ps. 70:1make haste for my help.
13 ver. 24Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; 13 Let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually, 14 And will yet praise thee more and more.
15 Ps. 35:28My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness 15 And thy salvation all the day; 15 For Ps. 40:5I know not the numbers thereof.
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God: 16 I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: 17 And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
18 ver. 9Now also [c]when I am old and grayheaded, 18 O God, forsake me not; 18 Until I have shewed [d]thy strength unto this generation, 18 And thy power to every one that is to come.
19 Ps. 57:10Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, 19 Who hast done great things: 19 Ps. 35:10O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Ps. 60:3Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, 20 Hos. 6:1,2Shalt quicken me again, 20 And shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, 21 And comfort me on every side.
22 I will also praise thee Ps. 92:1-3[e]with the psaltery, 22 Even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing 22 With the harp, O thou 2 Ki. 19:22;Is. 60:9Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; 23 And Ps. 103:4my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: 24 For they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
25 A prayer for the king
