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Psalm 70:4

Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!”

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!”
4Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!”
5But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. LORD, don’t delay.
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Notice

The prayer for joy reaches beyond the speaker to all who seek God, even as the surrounding cries for rescue remain urgent.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.Seeking appears in both passages: the psalm asks for seekers to rejoice in God, and Jesus promises that those who seek will find.
Psalm 40:16Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let the LORD be exalted!”Both prayers ask that all who seek God rejoice in him and that those who love his salvation keep praising him.
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.Both passages speak of seeking God; Psalm 70 asks for joy, and Lamentations declares his goodness to those who seek him.
Psalm 35:27Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity …Both prayers ask for gladness and repeated praise that declares God’s greatness.
Isaiah 65:13–14Therefore the Lord GOD says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my …Both texts speak of rejoicing among God’s people, though Isaiah contrasts his servants’ joy with others’ disappointment.
Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of …Joy in God and salvation belong together in both texts, expressed as a prayer in the psalm and as praise in Isaiah.
Psalm 97:12Be glad in the LORD, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.Gladness in God joins these verses: Psalm 70 asks for it, while Psalm 97 commands it alongside thanks to his name.
John 16:20Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.Joy is the shared thread: the psalm prays for it, while Jesus promises sorrow will turn into joy.
Psalm 5:11But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.Both prayers ask for joy in God, naming those who seek him in Psalm 70 and those who take refuge in him in Psalm 5.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. waiting. wanting a steady prayer habit.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Pray “Let God be exalted!” before breakfast each day

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Encouragement

If you are still waiting for help, this prayer leaves room for praise: the speaker seeks joy in God while still pleading for rescue.

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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).