Psalms · Chapter 70 of 150

Psalm 70

1To 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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Psalm 70 commentary

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706), public domain.

The speedy destruction of the wicked, and the preservation of the godly. --This psalm is almost the same as the last five verses of Psa 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.

Key verses in Psalm 70

  • Psalms 70:2

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

  • Psalms 70:5

    But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 70:3

    Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

  • Psalms 70:4

    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.