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Psalms 70:5

But I am poor and needy, with the trouble which is the lot of all believers; make haste unto me, O God, for such is the proper importunate character of prayer. Thou art my Help and my Deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying! It seems that the Messiah's prayer in Psalms 40 is here adapted to all believers, in order to teach them to place all their trust in life and death in the Lord alone, in the salvation gained through the work of the Redeemer, for in Him we have deliverance in all circumstances of life.

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See also Psalms 70:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 70:5. _BUT I_ AM _POOR AND NEEDY_] עני ואביון _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 t...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT I AM POOR AND NEEDY - This is the same as in Psalms 40:17. MAKE HASTE UNTO ME, O GOD - Hebrew, אלהים _'Elohiym_. In the parallel place in Psalms 40:17, this is, “The Lord thinketh upon me,” - wher...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 70 This Psalm is “to bring to remembrance.” It is the repetition of the last five verses of the Fortieth Psalm. The cross is again made known and the attitude of men towards that cross, those...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LXX. See Psalms 40:14....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    POOR. wretched, or oppressed. Hebrew. _'anah._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. O LORD. Some codices, with six early printed editions and Syriac, read "O my God". Compare Psalms 40:17....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _But I_&c. But as for me, who am afflicted and needy. Cp. Psalms 69:29; Psalms 69:33; Psalms 9:18; Psalms 35:10;...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 614 THE CHRISTIAN’S FRAME OF MIND Psalms 70:4._ 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. But I am...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Psalms 70, 71 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Prayer Not to be Forsaken in Old Age. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 70:1-3 (70), Prayer against Enemies. Stanza II., Psalms 70:4-5 (70), Prayer in behalf of Friends. Sta...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This Ps. is simply a repetition of Psalms 40:13, with a few variations. 'Lord' (_Jehovah_) is changed, into 'God' (_Elohim_) except in Psalms 70:1; On the other hand, 'Elohim' is changed into 'Jehovah...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MAKE HASTE UNTO ME, O GOD. — In Psalms 40:17, “The Lord (_Adonai_) thinketh on me.”...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 70:6]_ וַ אֲנִ֤י ׀ עָנִ֣י וְ אֶבְיֹון֮...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 70:1 THIS psalm is all but identical with the last verses of Psalms 40:13. Some unimportant alterations have been made, principally in the Divine names; but the principle on which they have bee...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “MY HELP AND MY DELIVERER” Psalms 70:1 This psalm repeats the closing verses of Psalms 40:1. It is a song of remembrance to remind Jehovah of His suffering ones. See Isaiah 43:26;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This short psalm is a rushing sob of anxious solicitude. There is little restfulness in it. Enemies are engaged in cruel persecution and mockery. It seems as though the singer felt that the strain was...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But I [am] (e) poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. (e) Because he had felt God's help before, he grounds on experience, and boldl...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Patience. Confiding on thee, I lost not patience; (St. Augustine; Worthington) or rather, (Amama) all my expectations are from thee, Psalm lxi. 6. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS IT is always profitable in our soul exercises, to behold Christ in his sufferings; and when we go up to the mercy-seat, always to have our eye fixed on the great Intercessor. What a relief...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 70 embodies the desire of the Spirit of Christ in connection with His sufferings from man, (but expresses itself, as in the remnant in that day); that His enemies may be confounded those that s...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT I [AM] POOR AND NEEDY,.... In Psalms 40:17 it follows, yet "the Lord thinketh on me"; instead of which it is here, Psalms 40:17; MAKE HASTE UNTO ME, O GOD; which repeats for sense the same petit...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. Ver. 5. _But I am poor and needy_] See Psalms 69:29, _See Trapp on "_ Psa 69:29 _...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023._ This Psalm is copied almost word for word from the 40th, from Psa 40:13 to the end; and, perhaps, it is for this reason entitled, A Psalm to bring to remembrance. For it may s...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 70:5 poor H6041 needy H34 haste H2363 (H8798) God H430 help H5828 deliverer H6403 (H8764) LORD...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prayer for help for the godly and shame for enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God sometimes delays help to His own people that He might excite earnest desires on their part. A h...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm continues David's supplications on the like occasion as above, which shows that we must repeat our prayers to God. It is taken almost verbatim from the fortieth psalm, and begins at the fif...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying, _ PLEADING Young painters were anxious, in the olden times, to study under the great...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord._ A PATTERN SUPPLIANT It is the “fervent” prayer that is effectual, and “effectual” prayer that “availeth much.” Importunity prevails...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 70:1. This short psalm is an individual lament, an urgent prayer for rescue from gloating enemies. The psalm is very similar to Psalms 40:14

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 70:4 WHO SEEK YOU contrasts with “who seek my life” (v. Psalms 70:2). HASTEN echoes “make haste” (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the chief musician, a psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.” “_To the chief musician_.” (See introduction to Psalms 57). “_To bring to remembrance_.” Barnes: “The...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This psalm is a detached fragment of Psalms 40:1, separated off, probably, for liturgical purposes. Except in the last clause, the name "Elohim" is substituted for "Jehovah." A few omissio...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The seventieth psalm: Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD (Psalms 70:1). I can identify with that prayer. God seems to move so slowly at times when I am in trouble and I...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hebrews 10:37; Psalms 109:22; Psalms 13:1; Psalms 13:2; Psalms 40:17

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