Psalm 70
American Standard Version (1901)
Chapter overview
Psalm 70 compresses crisis into an urgent appeal: hurry to help. The petitioner asks that malicious pursuers turn back, that seekers rejoice, and that everyone who loves salvation continually magnify God while the poor still wait for deliverance.
UrgencyDeliveranceHumilityJoy
1Make haste, O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
2Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
3Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.
4Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
5But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
American Standard Version (1901) — Public Domain. Where these translations come from.