English Standard Version
Psalms 70:1
1Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord!
- New Living Translation (NLT)Please, God, rescue me! Come quickly, Lord, and help me.
Context of Psalms 70:1
Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me! 2Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt! 3Let them turn back because of their shame who say, "Aha, Aha!"
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 17:1Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.
- Psalms 38:1O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
- Psalms 40:13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!
- Psalms 69:18Draw near to my soul, redeem me; ransom me because of my enemies!
- Psalms 71:12O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!
- Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
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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