Psalms 70:1

_MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD._ As the next psalm is without a title, it is probable that the two together form a pair with one title. As Psalms 70:1 reproduces, with variations, the close of Psalms 40:1, so Psalms 61:1, in its beginning, is taken from Psalms 31:1; Psalms 69:1; Psalms 70:1; Psalms 71:1 form a connected trilogy: the theme is the suffering

PSALM LXX _The psalmist prays for speedy deliverance_, 1; _prays against those who sought his life_, 2, 3; _and for the blessedness of those who sought God_, 4; _urges his speedy deliverance_, 5. NOTES ON PSALM LXX The _title_ in the Hebrew is, _To the chief Musician_, A Psalm _of_ _David, to bring to remembrance_. There seems little sense in this title. It seems to intimate that the Psalm was written as a memorial that David had been in sore affliction, and that God had delivered him. So the _Vulgate, Septuagint, AEthiopic_, and _Arabic_. It is almost word for word the same with _the five last verses of_...

MAKE HASTE - These words are supplied by our translators. The first word in Psalms 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 Psalms 40:13 the word is “Yahweh.” Why the change was made is unknown. The remainder of the verse is the same as in Psalms 40....

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 omissions are made, and one alteration which affects the sense. PSALMS 70:1 MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME. In Psalms 40:13 we find, "_Be pleased, _O Lord, to deliver me;" and this would seem to be the right way of supplying the ellipse here. MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD. PSALMS 70:2 LET THEM BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED....

[MAKE HASTE], O GOD, TO DELIVER ME,.... The phrase, "make haste", is supplied from the following clause in Psalms 40:13; it is, "be pleased, O Lord", or "Jehovah". The Targum renders it, "to deliver us"; very wrongly; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD; Psalms 22:19....

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 who reject Him and those that love His salvation....

LXX. See Psalms 40:14....

TITLE. OF DAVID. relating to David. TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE: what is written in Psalms 40:13. Repeated here to complete the Structure of this second book (see p. 759). MAKE HASTE. Supply. _Ellipsis_ (App-6) from Psalms 40:13. "Be pleased". GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....

_Make haste_ The words, as the italics indicate, are not in the Hebrew; and as the text stands, we must either supply _make haste_from the next line, or render according to the Heb. idiom found in Isaiah 38:20, _God is ready to deliver me_. But probably the first word of the verse as it stands in Psalms 40:13 should be restored, Be pleased. This word would be a link of connexion with Psalms 69:13, _in a time when thou pleasest. make haste to help me_ Cp. Psalms 22:19; Psalms 38:22....

_David soliciteth God to the speedy destruction of the wicked, and preservation of the godly._ To the chief Musician, _A psalm_ of David, to bring to remembrance. _TITLE._ להזכיר לדוד למנצח _LAMNATSEACH LEDAVID LEHAZKIIR._— This psalm is almost word for word the same with the latter part of the 40th; but as there is some little difference in every verse, Bishop Patrick thinks that in some new danger, and probably that into which Absalom brought him, David took a review of the 40th, and, with some little alteration, composed this as a distinct prayer. The LXX add, by way of explanation to the end of the title, "That God had saved him." _PSALMS 70:1. MAKE HASTE_— Or, _be pleased._ This is a word added from Psalms 40:13.; and indeed I take that word, says