Psalms 70

Chapter Overview

What happens in Psalms 70

A psalm of David asking God to hurry and help him. This short, urgent prayer is almost identical to the end of Psalm 40.

Scripture

Hurry to Help Me

Study note

David begs God to rush to his rescue. He asks that his enemies be ashamed and turned back.

1 God, rush in and rescue me. Lord, hurry up and help me. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

2 Let everyone who wants to take my life be humiliated and disgraced. Let everyone who enjoys watching me suffer be forced to retreat in shame. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

3 Let those who mock me with "Ha! Ha!" be driven back, shocked by their own disgrace. Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

God Be Magnified

Study note

David asks that all who seek God would rejoice. Though David is poor and needy, God is his help and deliverer. He begs God not to delay.

4 But let everyone who reaches out to you be filled with joy and gladness. Let those who love being saved by you keep declaring, "God is great!" 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.

5 I am poor and desperate. God, come quickly! You are my helper and my rescuer. Lord, please do not wait any longer. But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

Key Themes

Themes in Psalms 70

An urgent cry for God to hurryAsking for shame upon the enemyJoy for those who seek GodDependence on God's speed

Apply This Today

Living Psalms 70

Sometimes all you can pray is 'Hurry, God!' This psalm gives you permission to cry out with urgency when time feels short and the pressure is intense. God is not annoyed by your impatience — He understands the weight of your moment. Keep calling. He is already on his way.

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