Psalms 70:1
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
Study Guide
Psalms 70
Обзор
A brief psalm of David — nearly identical to Psalm 40:13-17 — pleading urgently for God to make haste to deliver and confound those who seek his life. It concludes with a cry for joy among those who seek God and acknowledgment of the psalmist's poverty and need.
Key Verses
Psalms 70:2
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
Psalms 70:3
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
Psalms 70:4
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
Psalms 70:5
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.
Full Text
1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.