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Psalm 70

For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance.

​O God, quickly come!  Rescue me, LORD, with haste!
May those who would kill me be wholly disgraced!

May you repel those who would wish my defeat;
those saying, Aha!, make them shamed and retreat.

Let any who seek you rejoice and elate;
who love your salvation, say, Let God be great!

But I'm poor and needy, O God, speed your aid;
my helper and savior, LORD, be not delayed.

Psalm 70 is nearly identical to Psalm 40: 13-17.  Maybe that is why the subtitle says to bring remembrance.  I resisted the temptation to look back to see what I had written in Psalm 40 while I was writing it, which didn't take long.
Be pleased, LORD, to rescue and save me​, I pray!
Come quickly, LORD, hasten to help me today!

Those seeking my life, be confused and ashamed;
those wishing me harm, be repelled and defamed.

​​Let those who would cry out, Aha, you've been caught!,
be wholly ashamed for the trouble they've wrought.

May those who would seek you be glad and rejoice;
shout, Great is the LORD!, those you've saved, in one voice.

Regarding myself, I'm as poor as you'll find,
and yet I am constantly on the LORD's mind.
For you are my helper, my savior and stay;
deliver me, O my God, without delay.

Excerpt from Psalm 40


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