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Psalms · Chapter 70

Hurry, O LORD, to Help Me!
(Psalms 40:1–17; Psalms 141:1–10)
For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance.
1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me! Make haste, O God, to deliver me!
Hurry, O LORD, to help me! 2 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. May those who seek my life
be ashamed and confounded;
may those who wish me harm
be repelled and humiliated. 3 May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame. May those who say, “Aha, aha!”
retreat because of their shame. 4 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!” May all who seek You
rejoice and be glad in You;
may those who love Your salvation always say,
“Let God be magnified!” 5 But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. But I am poor and needy;
hurry to me, O God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
O LORD, do not delay.