Psalms 70:5

I am weak and needy: make haste, God, to me. You are my help and deliverer; Lord, don’t delay.

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In The King James Version

But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

In Context

4But may all who seek after you rejoice and be glad in you. May all who love your salvation say, “Glory to God,” evermore.

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Cross References

Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

Psalms 69:29Lift me, O God, by your help above my pain and misery.

Psalms 141:1Lord, I call to you: hasten, to me, attend to my voice, when I call to you.

Revelation 22:20He whose testimony this is says – ‘Assuredly I will come quickly.’ ‘Amen, come, Lord Jesus.’

Matthew Henry on Psalms 70:2-5

Urgent Petitions. 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 as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. 5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O… Read the whole commentary →

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