Commentary on Psalms - Volume 3 - Bible Study Guides

Comm on Psalms (V3)John CalvinPSALM 70This psalm is merely a part of the fortieth, and the inscription, To call to remembrance, isperhaps designed to indicate this; David having taken these five verses out of that other psalm, andaccommodated them for being used on some particular occasion. I shall only here repeat the wordsof the text; and would refer the reader for the interpretation to the proper place.To the chief musician of David, to call to remembrance.Psalm 70:1-51. O God! make haste to deliver me: O Jehovah! hasten to my help. 2. Let those who seek mylife be ashamed and confounded; let those who desire my hurt be turned backward, and put toconfusion 3. Let those who say to me, Aha! aha! perish as a reward of their shame. 4. Let all thosewho seek thee rejoice and exult in thee: let those who love thy salvation say, Let God be magnifiedfor evermore! 5. As for me, I am poor and needy: O God! hasten to me: thou art my help and mydeliverer: O Jehovah! make no delay.49