Psalms 70:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. Make haste to help me - I am in extreme distress, and the most imminent danger. Haste to help me, or I am lost.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 70:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Make haste - These words are supplied by our translators. The first word in Psalms 40:13 , rendered “be pleased,” is here omitted in the origina...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, to bring (a) to remembrance." [Make (b) haste], O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. (a)...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXX. See Psalms 40:14-17 .
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title. of David . relating to David. to bring to remembrance: what is written in Psalms 40:13-17 . Repeated here to complete the Structure of th...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 fo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. is simply a repetition of Psalms 40:13-17 , with a few variations. 'Lord' ( Jehovah ) is changed, into 'God' ( Elohim ) except in Psalms 7...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 70:1-5 THIS psalm is all but identical with the last verses of Psalms 40:13-17 . Some unimportant alterations have been made, principally...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“My Help and My Deliverer” Psalms 70:1-5 This psalm repeats the closing verses of Psalms 40:1-17 . It is a song of remembrance to remind Jehov...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This short psalm is a rushing sob of anxious solicitude. There is little restfulness in it. Enemies are engaged in cruel persecution and mockery. It...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Psalmist is here at his devotions, in the exercise of faith. He speaks of his situation as trying, and of the insults of his foes; but...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD THE HOPE OF THE DESPAIRING ‘Haste Thee, O God, to deliver me.’ Psalms 70:1 (Prayer Book Version) I. This short psalm is a rushing sob of...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[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 Lo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 70:1 «To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance. » [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LOR...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023. This Psalm is copied almost word for word from the 40th, from Psa 40:13 to the end; and, perhaps, it is for this reason e...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Urgent Petitions. To the chief musician. A psalm of David, to bring to re...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 70 THE ARGUMENT The contents of this Psalm are almost all to be found Psalms 40:13 , &c. Nor is it strange that they are here repeated...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the chief musician, a psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.” “ To the chief musician .” (See introduction to...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm continues David's supplications on the like occasion as above, which shows that we must repeat our prayers to God. It is taken almost verb...
The Biblical Illustrator

Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. A pattern suppliant It is the “fervent” prayer that is effectual, and “effectu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This psalm is a detached fragment of Psalms 40:1-19 , separated off, probably, for liturgical purposes. Except in the last clause, t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Make haste, O God, to deliver me, from the sufferings and persecutions to which believers are subject; make haste to help me, O Lord!
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for Help against the Enemies. To the chief musician, as a prayer to be used in public worship, a psalm of David, to bring to remembrance, t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 17:1-21 ; Psalms 143:7 ; Psalms 38:1 ; Psalms 40:13-17 ; Psalms 69:18 ; Psalms 71:12

¹ Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to helpa me, O LORD.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 70:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 70:1