PSAL. LXX.
David prayeth for speedy helpe, to the shame of the wicked, and joy of the godly.
To the Master of the Musicke, a Psalme of [unspec 1] David for to record.
O God, for to deliver me; Iehovah, to mine helpe make haste. Let them be [unspec 2] abashed and ashamed that seeke my [unspec 3] soule; let them be turned backward and blush that delight mine evill: Let them turne backe for a reward of their shame, that [unspec 4] say, aha, aha. Let all that seeke thee be joy∣full [unspec 5] and rejoyce in thee; and let them say continually, magnified bee God; they that love thy salvation. And I, poore afflicted [unspec 6] and needy, O God, make haste to me; thou art mine helpe and my deliverer; Iehovah, delay not.
TO record] or to cause remembrance: see Psal. 38. 1. [unspec 1]
Vers. 2. to deliver] or, to rid me free; under∣stand, [unspec 2] make haste, or vouchsafe, as is expressed in Psal. 40. 14. for this Psalme is the same in sub∣stance, 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, [unspec 3] as Psal. 40. 15.
Vers. 4. turne backe] desolate or wasted, as Psal. 40. 16. [unspec 4]
Vers. 5. be God] in Psal. 40. 17. it is written, be [unspec 5] Iehovah.
Vers. 6. O God, make haste to me] for this, in [unspec 6] Psalm. 40. 18. is, the Lord thinketh on me. Iehovah] in Psal. 40. 18. my God.