Psalm 70:1

A Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

For the [music] director. Of David. To bring to remembrance.

1 O God, [make haste] to deliver me. O Yahweh, make haste to help me.

Psalm 70:1 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 70:1

[Make haste], O God, to deliver me
The phrase, "make haste", is supplied from the following clause in ( Psalms 40:13 ) ; it is, "be pleased, O Lord", or "Jehovah". The Targum renders it, "to deliver us"; very wrongly;

make haste to help me, O Lord; (See Gill on Psalms 22:19).

Psalm 70:1 In-Context

1 O God, [make haste] to deliver me. O Yahweh, make haste to help me.

2 Let them be ashamed and abashed who seek my life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated [who] desire my harm.

3 let them turn back because of their shame, those who say, "Aha! Aha!"

4 Let them rejoice and be glad in you, all those who seek you. Let them say continually, "God is great!" [those] who love your salvation.

5 But I [am] poor and needy; O God hasten to me. You [are] my help and my deliverer. O Yahweh, do not delay.

Footnotes

• [a] The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one