Psalm 70
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 70
A Call for Deliverance
For the choir director. Davidic. To bring remembrance.(A)
1 God, deliver me.
Hurry to help me, Lord!(B)
2 Let those who seek my life
be disgraced and confounded;
let those who wish me harm
be driven back and humiliated.
3 Let those who say, “Aha, aha!”
retreat because of their shame.(C)
Psalm 70
1599 Geneva Bible
70 1 He prayeth to be right speedily delivered. 2 He desireth the shame of his enemies, 4 And the joyful comfort of all those that seek the Lord.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David, to put [a]in remembrance.
1 O (A)God, [b]haste thee to deliver me: make haste to help me, O Lord.
2 Let them be [c]confounded and put to shame, that seek my soul: let them be turned backward and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.
3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their [d]shame, which say, Aha, aha.
4 But let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in thee, and let all that love thy salvation, say always, God be praised.
5 Now I am [e]poor and needy: O God, make haste to me: thou art my helper, and my deliverer: O Lord, make no tarrying.
Footnotes
- Psalm 70:1 Which might put him in remembrance of his deliverance.
- Psalm 70:1 He teacheth us to be earnest in prayer, though God seem to stay: for at his time he will hear us.
- Psalm 70:2 He was assured that the more they raged, the nearer they were to destruction, and he the nearer to his deliverance.
- Psalm 70:3 Hereby we are taught not to mock at others in their misery, lest the same fall on our own necks.
- Psalm 70:5 Because he had felt God’s help before, he groundeth on experience, and boldly seeketh unto him for succor.
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