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Psalm 70:1

For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.

1For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.
2Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
3Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”
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Notice

The repeated plea for haste makes the pressure plain: David needs God's help, and his prayer leaves that urgency exposed.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 40:13–17Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, LORD.Both prayers ask the LORD to deliver the speaker and hurry to help, using almost the same words.
Psalm 143:7Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.Both speakers ask the LORD to hurry, with Psalm 143 naming a failing spirit as the reason for urgency.
Psalm 71:12God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.Both prayers ask God to hurry to help, while Psalm 71 also pleads against his being far away.
Psalm 69:18Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.Both prayers seek God's rescue amid threats from people who want to harm the speaker.
1 Chronicles 16:4He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the LORD’s ark, and to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel:Remembrance is the shared thread: the psalm's heading names a reminder, and the Levites are appointed to commemorate the LORD.
2 Samuel 17:1–21Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.David is named in both passages: one records his plea for rescue, the other a plan to pursue him.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. fear for the future. waiting.

What the Bible says about anxiety →What the Bible says about fear →What the Bible says about patience →
One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Ask God for help with one urgent need

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Encouragement

An urgent plea belongs in prayer. David asks God to act with haste; the verse records his need without telling you when help arrives.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).