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Text -- Psalms 70:3-5 (NET)

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70:3 May those who say, “Aha! Aha!” be driven back and disgraced! 70:4 May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, “May God be praised!” 70:5 I am oppressed and needy! O God, hurry to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O Lord, do not delay!
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Clarke: Psa 70:3 - -- That say, Aha, aha - האה האה Heach ! heach ! a note of supreme contempt. See on Psa 40:15 (note).

That say, Aha, aha - האה האה Heach ! heach ! a note of supreme contempt. See on Psa 40:15 (note).

Clarke: Psa 70:4 - -- Let God be magnified - Let his glory, mercy, and kindness, continually appear in the increase of his own work in the souls of his followers!

Let God be magnified - Let his glory, mercy, and kindness, continually appear in the increase of his own work in the souls of his followers!

Clarke: Psa 70:5 - -- But I am poor and needy - עני ואביון ani veebyon , I am a poor man, and a beggar - an afflicted beggar; a sense of my poverty causes me to...

But I am poor and needy - עני ואביון ani veebyon , I am a poor man, and a beggar - an afflicted beggar; a sense of my poverty causes me to beg

Clarke: Psa 70:5 - -- Thou art my help - I know thou hast enough, and to spare; and therefore I come to thee

Thou art my help - I know thou hast enough, and to spare; and therefore I come to thee

Clarke: Psa 70:5 - -- Make no tarrying - My wants are many, my danger great, my time short. O God, delay not

Make no tarrying - My wants are many, my danger great, my time short. O God, delay not

TSK: Psa 70:3 - -- back : Psa 40:15; Act 1:18 aha : Heach! Heach! a note of extreme contempt; marking insult and triumph at the same time. Psa 35:21, Psa 35:25; Pro 24...

back : Psa 40:15; Act 1:18

aha : Heach! Heach! a note of extreme contempt; marking insult and triumph at the same time. Psa 35:21, Psa 35:25; Pro 24:17, Pro 24:18; Eze 25:3, Eze 26:2, Eze 36:2

TSK: Psa 70:4 - -- Psa 5:11, Psa 35:27, Psa 40:16, Psa 97:12; Isa 61:10, Isa 65:13, Isa 65:14; Lam 3:25; Joh 16:20

TSK: Psa 70:5 - -- I am : Psa 40:17, Psa 69:29, Psa 109:22 make : Psa 141:1 O Lord : Psa 13:1, Psa 13:2; Heb 10:37; Rev 22:20

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Psa 70:3 - -- Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame - The only change which occurs in this verse is the substitution of the milder phrase "Let ...

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame - The only change which occurs in this verse is the substitution of the milder phrase "Let them be turned back,"for "Let them be desolate."See the notes at Psa 40:15.

Barnes: Psa 70:4 - -- Let all those that seek thee ... - The only change in this verse from Psa 40:16, is in the insertion of the word "and"in the beginning of the s...

Let all those that seek thee ... - The only change in this verse from Psa 40:16, is in the insertion of the word "and"in the beginning of the second clause - "and let such as love,"etc.

Barnes: Psa 70:5 - -- But I am poor and needy - This is the same as in Psa 40:17. Make haste unto me, O God - Hebrew, אלהים 'Elohiym . In the parall...

But I am poor and needy - This is the same as in Psa 40:17.

Make haste unto me, O God - Hebrew, אלהים 'Elohiym . In the parallel place in Psa 40:17, this is, "The Lord thinketh upon me,"- where the Hebrew word is not אלהים 'Elohiym , but אדני tub ,my 'Adonāy (Lord). The word "make haste"seems to have been introduced here by design - thus carrying out the main idea in Ps. 40, but turning here to "petition"what is there stated as a "fact."

Thou art my help and my deliverer ... - The close of the psalm is the same as the close of Ps. 40, except that the word Lord (Yahweh) is used here instead of "God"( אלהים 'Elohiym ). It is not possible to ascertain whether these changes were mere matters of taste, or whether they were designed to adapt the psalm to some new circumstance, or to the special feelings of the psalmist at the time. There is no evidence that they are mere errors of transcribers, and indeed the changes are so made that this cannot be supposed. The change of the names אלהים 'Elohiym , יהוה Yahweh , and אדני 'Adonāy , for example, is such as must have been by design, and could not have been made by copyists. But what that design was must remain unknown. The alterations do not in any way, as far as we can understand, affect the sense.

Haydock: Psa 70:3 - -- Refuge. The parallel passage seems more complete (Calmet) in Hebrew, some letters of which may have been altered, since the time of the Septuagint. ...

Refuge. The parallel passage seems more complete (Calmet) in Hebrew, some letters of which may have been altered, since the time of the Septuagint. Yet the sense is nearly the same. (Berthier) ---

"Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort. Thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress." (Protestants) (Haydock)

Haydock: Psa 70:5 - -- Patience. Confiding on thee, I lost not patience; (St. Augustine; Worthington) or rather, (Amama) all my expectations are from thee, Psalm lxi. 6. ...

Patience. Confiding on thee, I lost not patience; (St. Augustine; Worthington) or rather, (Amama) all my expectations are from thee, Psalm lxi. 6. (Calmet)

Gill: Psa 70:3 - -- Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame,.... In Psa 40:15 it is, "let them be desolate"; which seems to respect their land and houses, her...

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame,.... In Psa 40:15 it is, "let them be desolate"; which seems to respect their land and houses, here their persons; See Gill on Psa 40:15;

that say; in Psa 40:15 it is added, "to me"; not to his people, but himself,

aha, aha: rejoicing at his calamity and distress. The Targum is,

"we are glad, we are glad;''

See Gill on Psa 40:15, and compare with this Eze 25:3.

Gill: Psa 70:4 - -- Let all those that seek thee,.... The Targum is, "that seek doctrine (or instruction) from thee.'' rejoice and be glad in thee; the Targum parap...

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 Psa 40:16, instead of "God", it is "the Lord", or "Jehovah": See Gill on Psa 40:16.

Gill: Psa 70:5 - -- But I am poor and needy,.... In Psa 40:17 it follows, yet "the Lord thinketh on me"; instead of which it is here; see Gill on Psa 40:17; make hast...

But I am poor and needy,.... In Psa 40:17 it follows, yet "the Lord thinketh on me"; instead of which it is here; see Gill on Psa 40:17;

make haste unto me, O God; which repeats for sense the same petition as in Psa 71:1;

thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying; in Psa 40:17 it is, "O my God".

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 70:3 Heb “May they be turned back according to their shame, those who say, ‘Aha! Aha!’” Ps 40:15 has the verb “humiliatedR...

NET Notes: Psa 70:4 The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the Lord be magnified [in praise].” Another option is to take the verb as an imperfec...

NET Notes: Psa 70:5 Ps 40:17 has “my God” instead of “Lord.”

Geneva Bible: Psa 70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their ( d ) shame that say, Aha, aha. ( d ) By this we are taught not to mock at others in their misery, lest...

Geneva Bible: Psa 70:5 But I [am] ( e ) poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. ( e ) Because he had felt ...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 70:1-5 - --1 David solicits God to the speedy destruction of the wicked, and preservation of the godly.

MHCC: Psa 70:1-5 - --This psalm is almost the same as the last five verses of Psalms 40. While here we behold Jesus Christ set forth in poverty and distress, we also see h...

Matthew Henry: Psa 70:1-5 - -- The title tells us that this psalm was designed to bring to remembrance; that is, to put God in remembrance of his mercy and promises (for so we are...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 70:1-3 - -- We see at once at the very beginning, in the omission of the רצה (Psa 40:14), that what we have here before us is a fragment of Ps 40, and perha...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 70:4-5 - -- ויאמרו instead of יאמרו is unimportant. But since the divine name Jahve is now for once chosen side by side with Elohim , it certainl...

Constable: Psa 42:1--72:20 - --II. Book 2: chs. 42--72 In Book 1 we saw that all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writ...

Constable: Psa 70:1-5 - --Psalm 70 The superscription of this psalm, a "memorial" or "petition," literally means, "to bring to rem...

Constable: Psa 70:3-4 - --2. A prayer for God's glory 70:4-5 As a result of God's deliverance other righteous people would...

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Commentary -- Other

Evidence: Psa 70:3 An accusing world is quick to point out the slightest weakness in the Christian. If we become impatient, they say, " Aha...you’re supposed to be a C...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 70 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 70:1, David solicits God to the speedy destruction of the wicked, and preservation of the godly. This Psalm is almost word for word ...

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 70 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT The contents of this Psalm are almost all to be found Psa 40:13 , &c. Nor is it strange that they are here repeated, because the same ...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 70 (Chapter Introduction) The speedy destruction of the wicked, and the preservation of the godly.

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 70 (Chapter Introduction) 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, ...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 70 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 70 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. This psalm, according to Kimchi, was composed by David w...

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