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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 70 To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance. This psalm, according to Kimchi, was composed by David when he fled from Saul, or from Absalom; so Theodoret; but if at either of those times, it is most likely to be the latter, since the following psalm, it is certain, was penned when he was an old man,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[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 Lord", or "Jehovah". The Targum renders it, "to deliver us"; very wrongly; make haste to help me, O Lord; [See comments on Psalms 22:19].
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This psalm is adapted to a state of affliction; it is copied almost word for word from the fortieth, and, some think for that reason, is entitled, "a psalm to bring to remembrance;" for it may be of use sometimes to pray over the prayers we have formerly made to God upon similar occasions, which may be done with new affections. David here prays...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. This is the second Psalm which is a repetition of another, the former being Psa_53:1-6, which was a rehearsal of Psa_14:1-7. The present differs from the Fortieth Psalm at the outset, for that begins with, "Be pleased, "and this, in our version, more urgently with, Make haste; or, as in the Hebrew, with an abrupt and broken cry, O God, to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let them be ashamed and confounded,.... In Psalms 40:14 it is added, "together"; [See comments on Psalms 40:14]; that seek after my soul; or "life"; in Psalms 40:14 it is added, "to destroy it"; for that was the end of their seeking after it; let them be turned backward, &c. [See comments on Psalms 40:14].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame,.... In Psalms 40:15 it is, "let them be desolate"; which seems to respect their land and houses, here their persons; [See comments on Psalms 40:15]; that say; in Psalms 40:15 it is added, "to me"; not to his people, but himself, aha, aha: rejoicing at his calamity and distress. The Targum is,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let all those that seek thee,.... The Targum is, "that seek doctrine (or instruction) from thee.'' rejoice and be glad in thee; the Targum paraphrases it, "rejoice and be glad in thy word.'' and let such as love thy salvation say continually, let God be magnified; the Targum is, "let the glory of the Lord be increased;'' and in Psalms 40:16,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But I [am] poor and needy,.... In Psalms 40:17 it follows, yet "the Lord thinketh on me"; instead of which it is here, [See comments on Psalms 40:17]; make haste unto me, O God; which repeats for sense the same petition as in Psalms 71:1; thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying; in Psalms 40:17 it is, "O my God".