Psalm 70

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Authorship

This Psalm was authored by David.

Outline

(This began as Wendland's Expository Outline[1], but may be adapted.)

I. Hurry up God! Make haste to deliver me and help me. (1) II. Let those who seek my soul and desire my hurt. (2-3)

A. Be ashamed.
B. Be confounded.
C. Be turned backward.
D. Put to confusion.
E. Be turned back as a reward for their shame.

III. Let all those that seek You rejoice and be glad in You. (4)

IV. Let such as love Your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. (4)

V. I am poor and needy. (5)

A. Make haste unto me.
B. You are my help and my deliverer.
C. O Lord, make no tarrying.
(Note: He was a poor man, but a praying man!)

Textual Criticism

The following is from Barthélemy's Critique textuelle de l’Ancien Testament volume on the Psalms.[2] For a key to the various symbols and abbreviations, click here.

Ps 70,2(1) אֱלֹהִים לְהַצִּילֵנִי {A}

Ps 70,4(3) הָאֹמְרִים MT, Gal, Hebr // assim 40,16: m, G, S, T clav הָאֹמְרִים לִי

References

  1. Ernst Wendland, Expository Outlines of the Psalms, https://www.academia.edu/37220700/Expository_Outlines_of_the_PSALMS
  2. Dominique Barthélemy, Critique textuelle de l’Ancien Testament: Tome 4. Psaumes, https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-150304