시편 Chapter 70

Translation: ESV

1

Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!

Key Message

A brief and direct prayer offered in a moment of crisis is genuine prayer.

▸Nearly identical to Psalm 40:13, this short psalm contains the essence of an urgent plea for salvation.

Nearly identical to Psalm 40:13, this short psalm contains the essence of an urgent plea for salvation. The word 'make haste' emphasizes the need for immediate help, expressing a sense of extreme crisis. Both divine names — 'God (Elohim)' and 'the LORD (Yahweh)' — are used together.

Related Verses

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!
4

May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, "God is great!"

Key Message

Personal prayer naturally expands into a prayer for the entire community of those who seek God.

▸The prayer for one's own salvation expands into a prayer for all who are in the same situation.

5

But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay!

Key Message

Honestly acknowledging one's own powerlessness and seeking God's immediate help is genuine prayer.

▸The psalm's conclusion returns to the individual's urgent plea.