2. A prayer for God's glory 70:4-5

As a result of God's deliverance other righteous people would glorify God and rejoice in Him. The psalm ends as it began with a request for fast relief. David was stressing how desperately he needed God's assistance by beginning and ending the psalm with these petitions.

Sometimes when believers are under attack by others who oppose God's will all they can do is cry out to God for help (cf. Neh. 2:4-5). Even in brief prayers such as this we should base our petitions on God's glory as this psalmist did.