For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
Parallel translations
- WEB For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.
- KJV MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.
- NKJV Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord!
- NASB God, hurry to save me; Lord, hurry to help me!
- NLT Please, God, rescue me! Come quickly, Lord, and help me.
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Quick answer
David urgently cries for God to hurry and deliver and help him. It models earnest, immediate prayer in time of need.
Overview
This short psalm, nearly identical to Psalm 40:13-17, opens with a pressing plea for God to come quickly to David's aid. The repeated urgency expresses both desperation and confidence that God will act. Such honest, urgent prayer is welcomed by God, who invites his people to call on him swiftly in trouble, as Christ himself prayed in his hour of need.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 40:13–17Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
- Ps 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- Ps 71:12Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
- Ps 69:18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
- Ps 38:1A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- 2 Sam 17:1–21Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
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Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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