The Bible: Psalms Chapter 70: with Audio and Commentary.

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Psalms Chapter 70 For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder.

1 Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.

2 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

3 Let them be turned because of their shame who say, "Aha! Aha!"

4 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, "Let God be exalted!"

5 But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. LORD, don't delay.

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Psalms Chapter 70 For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Guide

This short psalm is a rushing sob of anxious solicitude. There is little restfulness in it. Enemies are engaged in cruel persecution and mockery. It seems as though the singer felt that the strain was becoming too much for him, and in fear lest he should be overcome he cries aloud for God to hasten to his deliverance. The faith of the singer is evident in that he cries to God, and evidently has no room in his heart to question God's ability to keep him. The only question is whether help will arrive in time.

It is not the highest type of faith which is revealed, but we are profoundly thankful to find such a song in this great book of religious poetry. Rightly or wrongly, we often come to just such places of doubt. No doubt exists either of God's ability, or of His interest in and love for us, but is He not trying us beyond the power of our endurance? He is not; but for moments of terrible tension it seems as though He were. Then here is a psalm for such days or hours. Let us take it and use it, knowing that He would far rather have in our song an expression of an honest questioning than any affectation of a confidence not possessed. Moreover, He would rather have from us such a song than silence.

From "An Exposition of the Whole Bible" by G. Campbell Morgan.

Psalms Chapter 70 Commentary

Chapter Outline

  1. The speedy destruction of the wicked, and the preservation of the godly.

Verses 1-5

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.

From the "Concise Commentary on the Bible" by Matthew Henry.