King James Version
Psalms 70
5 verses with commentary
Make Haste to Help Me
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. to help: Heb. to my help
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<strong>Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.</strong> This urgent plea opens Psalm 70 with repeated imperative: 'make haste' (<em>chushah</em>, חוּשָׁה) appears twice, emphasizing desperate need for immediate divine intervention. The verse addresses God with two names—'God' (<em>Elohim</em>, אֱלֹהִים, emphasizing power) and 'LORD' (<em>YHWH</em>, יְהוָה, emphasizing cov...
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28. In this praise of God's equitable government (Psa 5:8) the writer promises ever to engage.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 70
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...
Read full commentary →Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
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The imprecatory prayer for enemies to be 'ashamed and confounded' seeks their defeat and humiliation. 'Turned backward' means routed in battle. 'Put to confusion' depicts total disarray. These prayers aren't personal vengeance but appeals for God's justice against those opposing His purposes. Such psalms anticipate final judgment on impenitent evil (Revelation 19:11-21) while modeling how to proce...
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(2) There are two omissions here from Psalm 40:14, “together*” *and “to destroy it.”
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 70
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...
Read full commentary →Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
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Those who mock 'Aha, aha' express contemptuous triumph over the afflicted. Being 'turned back for a reward of their shame' means their mockery rebounds on themselves—they're rewarded with the very shame they tried to inflict. This principle of reaping what one sows (Galatians 6:7) appears throughout Scripture. Mockers of God's people ultimately mock God Himself, inviting judgment. Christ endured s...
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PSALM 36 Psa 36:1-12. On servant of the Lord, see on Psa 18:1, title. The wickedness of man contrasted with the excellency of God's perfections and dispensations; and the benefit of the latter sought, and the evils of the former deprecated.
1. The general sense of this difficult verse is, "that the wicked have no fear of God." The first clause may be rendered, "Saith transgression in my heart, in...
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Chapter 70
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...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>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.</strong> This verse shifts from personal petition (verses 1-3) to corporate worship, calling all God-seekers to rejoice in Him. 'Seek thee' (<em>mevakshekha</em>, מְבַקְשֶׁיךָ) describes active pursuit of God's presence—those who diligently pursue relationship...
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(4) **For a reward of . . .**—Psalm 40:14, “and put to shame.” The change is probably a copyist’s error.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
2-4. This reflection detailed.
**until his iniquity--**literally, "for finding his iniquity for hating"; that is, he persuades himself God will not so find it--"for hating" involving the idea of punishing. Hence his words of iniquity and deceit, and his bold rejection of all right principles of conduct. The climax is that he deliberately adopts and patronizes evil. The negative forms affirm more...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 70
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...
Read full commentary →But 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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<strong>But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.</strong> The psalm concludes by returning to urgent petition, bracketing the prayer with cries for God's quick intervention. 'Poor and needy' (<em>ani ve'evyon</em>, עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן) describes both material poverty and spiritual dependence—the psalmist has no resources of his o...
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(5) **Make haste unto me, O God.**—In Psalm 40:17, “The Lord (*Adonai*) thinketh on me.”
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2-4. This reflection detailed.
**until his iniquity--**literally, "for finding his iniquity for hating"; that is, he persuades himself God will not so find it--"for hating" involving the idea of punishing. Hence his words of iniquity and deceit, and his bold rejection of all right principles of conduct. The climax is that he deliberately adopts and patronizes evil. The negative forms affirm more...
Read full commentary →Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 70
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...
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