Psalms 70
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“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” — John 5:39
1Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
PSALM 70
Psa 70:1-5. This corresponds to Psa 40:13-17 with a very few variations, as "turn back" (Psa 70:3) for "desolate," and "make haste unto me" (Psa 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 Psa 38:1, title].
Make haste, O God, to deliver me. In Psa_40:13 we find, "Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;" and this would seem to be the right way of supplying the ellipse here. 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.
Let them be ashamed and confounded. Psa_40:14 adds, "together." That seek after my soul. Psa_40:1-17 adds, "to destroy it." Let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. Identical with Psa_40:14, and translated more literally.
3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame. Psa_40:15 has, "Let them be desolate," but this difference seems to arise from a corruption. That say, Aha, aha! Psa_40:15 has, "that say to me, Aha, aha!" which is better.
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.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. Psa_40:16 has, "Let the Lord 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.
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God. Instead of this last clause, Psa_40:17 has, "Yet the Lord thinketh upon me," which cannot be ascribed to a corruption, but must be an alteration made deliberately. Thou art my Help and my Deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying. Identical with Psa_40:17, except that here once more "Jehovah" replaces "Elohim."
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