Henry Ainsworth on Psalms 70

PSAL. LXX.

To the Master of the Musicke, a Psalme of David for to record.

O God, for to deliver me; Iehovah, to mine helpe make haste. Let them be abashed and ashamed that seeke my soule; let them be turned backward and blush that delight mine evill: Let them turne backe for a reward of their shame, that say, aha, aha. Let all that seeke thee be joyfull and rejoyce in thee; and let them say continually, magnified bee God; they that love thy salvation. And I, poore afflicted and needy, O God, make haste to me; thou art mine helpe and my deliverer; Iehovah, delay not.

Annotations. TO record] or to cause remembrance: see Psal. 38. 1. Vers. 2. to deliver] or, to rid me free; understand, make haste, or vouchsafe, as is expressed in Psal. 40. 14. for this Psalme is the same in substance, and almost in words with the end of that Psalme: see the annotations there. Vers. 3. that seeke my soule] to make an end of it, as Psal. 40. 15. Vers. 4. turne backe] desolate or wasted, as Psal. 40. 16. Vers. 5. be God] in Psal. 40. 17. it is written, be Iehovah. Vers. 6. O God, make haste to me] for this, in Psalm. 40. 18. is, the Lord thinketh on me. Iehovah] in Psal. 40. 18. my God.