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O Yahweh, Do Not Delay

For the choir director. Of David. To bring to remembrance.

70 (A)O God, hasten to deliver me;
O Yahweh, hasten to my help!
(B)Let those be ashamed and humiliated
Who seek my [a]life;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight in [b]evil against me.
(C)Let those [c]turn back because of their shame
Who say, “Aha, aha!”

Let those be joyful and glad in You
All who seek You
And let them say continually,
“Let God be magnified,”
Those who love Your salvation.
But (D)I am afflicted and needy;
(E)Hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my protector;
O Yahweh, do not delay.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 70:2 Or soul
  2. Psalm 70:2 Or my calamity
  3. Psalm 70:3 Some mss be appalled

Psalm 70

Hurry to Save Me
(Psalm 40:13-17)

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For the choir director. By David. To bring to remembrance.

Hurry to Help Me

Hurry, God! Rescue me!
Lord, hurry to help me!
May those who seek my life be put to shame and disgrace.
May all who desire to harm me be turned back and disgraced.
May those who say, “Aha! We got you!” be dismayed,
because they have been put to shame.
But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
May those who love your salvation always say, “Let God be exalted!”
Yet I am oppressed and poor.
God, hurry to me. You are my help and my deliverer.
O Lord, do not delay.

Psalm 70[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David. A petition.

Hasten, O God, to save me;
    come quickly, Lord, to help me.(B)

May those who want to take my life(C)
    be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
    be turned back in disgrace.(D)
May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”(E)
    turn back because of their shame.
But may all who seek you(F)
    rejoice and be glad(G) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
    “The Lord is great!”(H)

But as for me, I am poor and needy;(I)
    come quickly to me,(J) O God.
You are my help(K) and my deliverer;(L)
    Lord, do not delay.(M)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 70:1 In Hebrew texts 70:1-5 is numbered 70:2-6.