Psalms 70
The AIT Bible
0For the choirmaster. Of David. For the memorial offering.
O God, Hasten to My Help
1O God, to deliver me! O Yahweh, to my help — hurry!
2Let them be ashamed and abashed, those who seek my life; let them be turned back and disgraced, those who delight in my harm.
3Let them turn back because of their shame, those who say, ‘Aha, aha!’
4Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; and let those who love your salvation say continually, ‘God is great!’
5But I am poor and needy; O God, hurry to me! You are my help and my deliverer; O Yahweh, do not delay.
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O God, Hasten to My Help
- parallel Psalms 40:13 — Psalm 70 is a near-verbatim duplicate of the closing verses of Psalm 40, with the same petitions and phrasing.
- parallel Psalms 40:15 — Identical mocking cry 'Aha, aha!' by the enemies who are to be turned back in shame.
- parallel Psalms 40:17 — Same closing self-description 'I am poor and needy' with the appeal to God as help and deliverer.
- parallel Psalms 40:11 — These verses are nearly identical to the whole of Psalm 70, a separate duplicate psalm.
- allusion Psalms 35:4 — Shared imprecation that those who seek the psalmist's life be put to shame and turned back.