Psalm 70
Darby Translation
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; Jehovah, [hasten] to my help.
2Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;
3Let them turn back because of their shame that say, Aha! Aha!
4Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee, and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified!
5But I am afflicted and needy: make haste unto me, O God. Thou art my help and my deliverer: O Jehovah, make no delay.
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