Psa 70:1 | Clarke | STEP | The psalmist prays for speedy deliverance, ; prays against those who sought his life, , ; and for the blessedness of those who sought God, ; urges his speedy deliverance, . The title in the Hebrew is, To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembranee. There seems little sense in this title. It seems to intimate that the Psalm was written as a memorial that David had been in sore affliction, and that God had delivered him. So the Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic. It is almost word for word the same with the five last verses of Psalm 40, to the notes on which the reader is referred. Verse 1 Make haste to help me - I am in extreme distress, and the most imminent danger. Haste to help me, or I am lost.

‏ Psalms 70:1

Introduction

The psalmist prays for speedy deliverance, Psa 70:1; prays against those who sought his life, Psa 70:2, Psa 70:3; and for the blessedness of those who sought God, Psa 70:4; urges his speedy deliverance, Psa 70:5.

The title in the Hebrew is, To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembranee. There seems little sense in this title. It seems to intimate that the Psalm was written as a memorial that David had been in sore affliction, and that God had delivered him. So the Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic. It is almost word for word the same with the five last verses of Psalm 40, to the notes on which the reader is referred.

Verse 1

Make haste to help me - I am in extreme distress, and the most imminent danger. Haste to help me, or I am lost.