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Psalms 70:5
5But I am poor and weak, God. Please hurry to give me help. You are the one who helps me and who saves me. Lord, come quickly to help me!
Psalms 70:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.
- New International Version (NIV)But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; Lord, do not delay.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!
- New King James Version (NKJV)But I am poor and needy; Make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay.
Context of Psalms 70:5
3When people laugh at me, make them ashamed for what they have done. 4God, may those who want to know you be very happy. Everyone who loves you because you have saved them should never stop saying, ‘Praise God.’ But I am poor and weak, God. Please hurry to give me help. You are the one who helps me and who saves me. Lord, come quickly to help me!
Read all of Psalms 70Psalms 70:5 word by word
וַאֲנִ֤י׀ עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְיוֹן֮ אֱלֹהִ֪ים חֽוּשָׁ֫ה־לִּ֥י עֶזְרִ֣י וּמְפַלְטִ֣י אַ֑תָּה יְ֝הוָ֗ה אַל־תְּאַחַֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 70:5
- Psalms 40:17But I am poor and weak, my Lord. Please continue to think about me. You are the one who helps me and who saves me. My God, come quickly to help me!
- Psalms 69:29But I have pain in my body and trouble in my mind. God, rescue me and keep me safe!
- Psalms 109:22I am weak and helpless. My heart beats fast inside me.
- Psalms 141:1Lord, I am calling to you for help. Come to me quickly! Please listen to what I am saying.
- Psalms 13:1Lord, will you forget about me for ever? When will you remember to come and help me?
- Hebrews 10:37This is what the Bible says: ‘In a very short time, my special servant will come. He is the one that I promised to send to you. He will not be late.
- Revelation 22:20It is Jesus who tells us that all these messages are true. He says, ‘Yes, I will come soon!’ Amen! We agree! Come, Lord Jesus!
Commentaries on Psalms 70:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5But I am poor and needy - ואביון עני ani veebyon, I am a poor man, and a beggar - an afflicted beggar; a sense of my poverty causes me to beg. Thou art my help - I know thou hast enough, and to spare; and therefore I come to thee. Make no tarrying - My wants are many, my danger great, my time short. O God, delay not!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5But I am poor and needy - This is the same as in Psalm 40:17. Make haste unto me, O God - Hebrew, אלהים 'Elohiym In the parallel place in Psalm 40:17, this is, “The Lord thinketh upon me,” - where the Hebrew word is not אלהים 'Elohiym but אדני tub ,my 'Adonāy (Lord). The word “make haste” seems to have been introduced here by design - thus carrying out the main idea in Psalm 40, but turning here to “petition” what is there stated as a “fact.” Thou art my…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5This psalm is almost exactly the same as Psalm 40:13–17. It has an urgent tone (Psalm 70:1, 5) that matches the nearby psalms (compare 69:17; 71:12).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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