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Psalm chapter 70. 1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me! 2 Let 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! 3 Let them turn back because of their shame who say, "Aha, Aha!"
David Guzik commentary on Psalm 70 describes how God’s help comes quickly to David, who prays against his adversaries, but ends up praising God.
Psalm 70 is a short yet profound piece in the Book of Psalms, often attributed to David. A cry for help in times of distress, it reflects David's unwavering trust in God even when faced with adversaries.
David Guzik :: Study Guide for Psalm 70. Help Quickly, O Lord. This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance. This psalm certainly has the sense of remembrance, in that it is almost the same as Psalm 40:13-17.
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I’ve been drawn to Psalm 70:4for many years, because it brings together two awesome truths that thrill the heart of every Christian Hedonist: Only a capacious heart could breathe such an expansive prayer. Notice that David isn’t content for just a few (or even most) seekers of God to rejoice. No, he longs for all to experience God-centered gladness...
Though I’ve loved Psalm 70:4for years, it wasn’t until recently that I noticed the context. And it’s the context that has filled me with hope. Here’s what I’ve noticed: Psalm 70is not a sunny psalm. It’s not a walk in the park or a day at the beach. Life is not good in this psalm. Instead, it’s hard — very hard. In fact, the psalm is an almost-unre...
Some of us hear the Bible’s repeated calls to pursue our joy and believe that it’s simply beyond us in our present state. For the moment, our attention is occupied by other matters: sin, sickness, loneliness, financial difficulty, opposition, relational pain. We feel we’re in the 101 class of “Surviving Our Problems” and not quite ready for the 201...
You can pray a David-like prayer in your own bleak situation by taking two cues from David himself. First, seek God. “May all who seek yourejoice and be glad in you!” Joy and gladness are the unassailable possession of those who fix their eyes on Jesus in the storms of life. Look more deeply and more often at Jesus than you look at your enemies or ...
What Psalm 70 means. Verse 1: David asks God for help soon, because (verse 2) an enemy is going to kill him. Verse 3: The enemy thinks that he has beaten David, so the enemy says, "*Aha! Aha!" These are not really words, but sounds that people make when they think, "I have won the fight!"
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1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such...
