John Trapp on Psalms 70

PSAL. LXX.

A Pſalm of David] Made, likely, or rather made uſe of from Pſal. 40.14, 15, &c. when Shaba the Son of Bichri was up in rebellion after Abſoloms death, 2 Sam. 20.1, &c. See Pſal. 69. title.

To bring to remembrance] Worthy to be remembred, and followed as a pattern of prayer. Some make this Pſalm an Appendix to the former, as Pſal. 43. is to Pſal. 42. Others make it a part of the next Pſalm; which is therefore, ſay they, without a title.

Verſ. 1. Make haſte, O God, to deliver me] As a Father [illegible: 1 letter]ans without leggs when his childe is hazarded.

Verſ. 2. Let them be aſhamed] See Pſal. 40.14. & 35.26, 27.

Verſ. 3. Let them be turned back for a reward] Vel ficit per inſidias vel ſupplantationem, more Athletarum, a [non-Latin text not transcribed], Let them be ſupplanted defeated,

That ſay, Aha, aha] Auguſtine rendreth it, Enge, Enge, that is, Well done; and giveth this Note upon it, Plus perſequitur lingua adulator is quàm manus interfectoris; The tongue of a Flatterer may miſchief a man more than the hand of a Murtherer. The Apoſtle, Heb. 11.37. ranketh their tempting and flattering promiſes among their bloudy deeds, their is ſing tongues, with their terrifying jaws.

Verſ. 4. Let all thoſe that ſeek thee, &c.] Piorum characteres, ſaith one, a godly, man caracterized, by his ſearch after God, his joy in him, his love to him, his praiſes of him.

Let God be magnefied] In illo quicquid ego: ille, non ego, ſaith Auguſtine.

Verſ. 5. But I am poor and needy] See Pſal. 69.29. with the Note.