EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 70:1
1God, please save me! Lord, come quickly to help me!
Psalms 70:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Hasten, O God, to save me; come quickly, Lord, to help me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord!
Context of Psalms 70:1
God, please save me! Lord, come quickly to help me! 2Stop the people who want to kill me, so that they become ashamed and confused. Chase the people who want to hurt me, so that they run away in shame. 3When people laugh at me, make them ashamed for what they have done.
Read all of Psalms 70Psalms 70:1 word by word
אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְהַצִּילֵ֑נִי יְ֝הוָ֗ה לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי חֽוּשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 70:1
- 2 Samuel 17:1Ahithophel said to Absalom, ‘Please let me choose 12,000 men so that I can go and attack David tonight.
- Psalms 38:1Lord, when you are angry, please do not punish me.
- Psalms 40:13Lord, please save me! Lord, come quickly to help me!
- Psalms 69:18Come very near to me, and make me safe. Rescue me from my enemies.
- Psalms 71:12God, do not stay far away from me. My God, come quickly to help me!
- Psalms 143:7Please answer me soon, Lord. I am losing my strength. Do not turn away from me. If you do, I will join those people who are going down into the deep hole of death.
Commentaries on Psalms 70:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Make haste to help me - I am in extreme distress, and the most imminent danger. Haste to help me, or I am lost.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Make haste - These words are supplied by our translators. The first word in Psalm 40:13, rendered “be pleased,” is here omitted in the original. The psalm in the Hebrew begins abruptly - “O God, to deliver me,” - leaving the impression that this is a fragment - a fragment commencing without even the care necessary to make the grammatical construction complete. O God - Hebrew, אלהים 'Elohiym In the corresponding place in Psalm 40:13 the word is “Yahweh.”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The 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's honour. Let us apply these things to our own troubled circumstances, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1To bring remembrance: The meaning of this phrase is not known (also found in Psalm 38:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 70
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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