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Psalms 70
1¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
4Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
5But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
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Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Psalm 70:1, 2
For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me! / May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
David: King of Israel: He Probably Writes, at This Time Psalm 70:1
For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
Desire: Spiritual Psalm 70:4
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
Faith: Exemplified Psalm 70:5
But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
Joy: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Psalm 70:4
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
Malice: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 70:2, 3
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. / May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
Penitent: Promises To Psalm 70:4
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
Praise: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Psalm 70:4
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
Prayer: Importunity In Psalm 70:5
But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
Prayer: Imprecatory Psalm 70:2, 3
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. / May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
Psalms: Afflictions Psalm 70:1
For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
Seekers: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 70:4, 5
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!” / But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
Seeking God: Leads to Joy Psalm 70:4
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
Speaking: Evil Psalm 70:3
May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
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Psalms 70:1-999 Chapter 70
The speedy destruction of the wicked, and the preservation of the godly. --This psalm is almost the same as the last five verses of Ps 40. While here we behold Jesus Christ set forth in poverty and distress, we also see him denouncing just and fearful punishment on his Jewish, heathen, and antichristian enemies; and pleading for the joy and happiness of his friends, to his Father's honour. Let us apply these things to our own troubled circumstances, and in a believing manner bring them, and the sinful causes thereof, to our remembrance. Urgent trials should always awake fervent prayers.
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Psalms 70:1-5 This corresponds to Ps 40:13-17 with a very few variations,
as "turn back" (Ps 70:3) for "desolate," and "make haste unto me" (Ps 70:5) for "thinketh upon me." It forms a suitable appendix to the preceding, and is called "a Psalm to bring to remembrance," as the thirty-eighth [see on Ps 38:1, title]. PSALM 71