←Psalm 70→BSB

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Key Terms

Love 4 To Love Love (Appreciation) Salvation Save (Help) Salvation (State) Save (Restore) Salvation (Physical) Salvation (Deliverance) Salvation (Rescuer) Save (Rescue) Salvation (Means) Saving (Means)

Themes

The Poor and Needy in the Psalms

Resources

Imprecatory Psalms Articles Music Articles

Hurry, O LORD, to Help Me!

(Psalms 40:1–17; Psalms 141:1–10)

For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance.

ⓘ This psalm, nearly identical to 40:13–17, contains an...

This psalm, nearly identical to 40:13–17, contains an urgency (70:1, 5) that fits with the surrounding psalms (cp. 69:17; 71:12).
1Make haste, O God, to deliver me!Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
2May those who seek my lifebe ashamed and confounded;may those who wish me harmbe repelled and humiliated.3May those who say, “Aha, aha!”retreat because of their shame.
4May all who seek Yourejoice and be glad in You;may those who love Your salvation always say,“Let God be magnified!”5But I am poor and needy;hurry to me, O God.You are my help and my deliverer;O LORD, do not delay.