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Psalms 70:5
5But I am oppressed and needy. O God, come to me quickly. You are my help and my savior. O Lord, do not delay!
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
3Let those who say, “Aha! Aha!” be turned back because of their own shame. 4Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad because of you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “God is great!” But I am oppressed and needy. O God, come to me quickly. You are my help and my savior. O Lord, do not delay!
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 oppressed and needy. May the Lord think of me. You are my help and my savior. O my God, do not delay!
- Psalms 69:29I am suffering and in pain. Let your saving power protect me, O God.
- Psalms 109:22I am oppressed and needy. I can feel the pain in my heart.
- Psalms 141:1O Lord, I cry out to you, “Come quickly.” Open your ears to me when I cry out to you.
- Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Hebrews 10:37“Yet, the one who is coming will come soon. He will not delay.
- Revelation 22:20The one who is testifying to these things says, “Yes, I’m coming soon!” Amen! 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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