1Yahweh, I have come to you to ◄get refuge/be protected►;
2Because you always do what is right, help me and rescue me;
3Be like an overhanging rock [MET] under which I can be safe/protected;
4God, rescue me from wicked people,
5Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one whom I confidently expect to help me;
6I have depended on you all my life;
7The manner in which I have conducted my life has been an example to many people,
8I praise you all day long,
9Now, when I have become an old man, do not reject/abandon me;
10My enemies say that they want to kill me;
11They say about me, “God has abandoned him;
12God, do not stay far away from me;
13Cause those who ◄accuse me/say that I have done things that are wrong► to be defeated and destroyed;
14But as for me, I will continually and confidently expect you to do great things for me,
15I will tell people that you do what is right;
16Yahweh, my Lord, I will praise you for your mighty deeds;
17God, you have taught me many/those things ever since I was young,
18And now, God, when I am old and my hair is gray,
19God, you do many righteous deeds;
20You have caused me to have many troubles and to suffer much,
21You will cause me to be greatly honored
22I will also praise you while I play my harp;
23I [SYN] will shout joyfully while I play the harp for you;
24All day long I will tell people that you act righteously,