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David wrote this song for the music leader, to ask God to help him.

A prayer for help[a]

70 God, please save me!
    Lord, come quickly to help me!
Stop the people who want to kill me,
    so that they become ashamed and confused.
Chase the people who want to hurt me,
    so that they run away in shame.

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Footnotes

  1. 70:1 This psalm is the same as Psalms 40:13-17. Also see Psalms 35:4,21,26,27.

70 Make haste, o God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

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Prayer for Relief from Adversaries(A)

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. (B)To bring to remembrance.

70 Make haste, (C)O God, to deliver me!
Make haste to help me, O Lord!

(D)Let them be ashamed and confounded
Who seek my life;
Let them be [a]turned back and confused
Who desire my hurt.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 70:2 So with MT, LXX, Tg., Vg.; some Heb. mss., Syr. appalled (cf. 40:15)