70:1 [To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, to bring {a} to remembrance.] [Make {b} haste], O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.(a) Which might put him in remembrance of his deliverance.(b) He teaches us to be earnest in prayer even though God seems to delay: for at his time he will hear us. read more
70:2 Let them be ashamed and {c} confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.(c) He was assured that the more they raged, the nearer they were to destruction, and he the nearer to his deliverance. read more
70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their {d} shame that say, Aha, aha.(d) By this we are taught not to mock at others in their misery, lest the same fall on our own necks. read more
Psalms 67:0 The first half dozen of these psalms form a group millennial and Messianic. The first is millennial. It is Israel who speaks; the psalm cannot be appreciated unless the word “us” in Psalms 67:1 is so applied. When God has mercy upon and blesses Israel in the latter days, His way and His saving health unto all nations (Psalms 67:2 ) will begin to be known. In other words, the present age is one of out-gathering, but the age to come (millennial) will be one of in-gathering. God is now... read more
CONTENTS The Psalmist is here at his devotions, in the exercise of faith. He speaks of his situation as trying, and of the insults of his foes; but casts himself upon the faithfulness of his God. To the chief musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Psalms 70:0 I include the whole under one view, both on account of its shortness, and also because we have already gone over it in the five last verses of Psalms 40:0 , to which therefore I refer. Perhaps the title of this Psalm is on... read more
Of the sons of Jonadab. The Rechabites, of whom see Jeremias xxxv. By this addition of the seventy-two interpreters [Septuagint], we gather that this psalm was usually sung in the synagogue, in the person of the Rechabites, and of those who were first carried away into captivity. (Challoner) --- This first captivity happened under Joakim, in the year of the world 3398, the second, under Jechonias, 3405, and the last, when the city was destroyed and Sedecias ws taken, 34016. (Usher) --- The... read more
Justice. Or mercy, Psalm xxx. 1. I have not injured Absalom, &c. (Calmet) --- God avengeth the injuries done to his servants. (Worthington) read more
Refuge. The parallel passage seems more complete (Calmet) in Hebrew, some letters of which may have been altered, since the time of the Septuagint. Yet the sense is nearly the same. (Berthier) --- "Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort. Thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress." (Protestants) (Haydock) read more
Prayer for Help against the Enemies. To the chief musician, as a prayer to be used in public worship, a psalm of David, to bring to remembrance, the hymn being intended for that part of the service when the meat-offering was added to the sacrifice; for its sweet smell was to rise to the nostrils of Jehovah together with the prayers of the faithful and plead for a gracious hearing. Cf Psalms 40:13-Esther :. v. 1. Make haste, O God, to deliver me, from the sufferings and persecutions to which... read more
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Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 70:1-5
Psalms 70:0 This Psalm is “to bring to remembrance.” It is the repetition of the last five verses of the Fortieth Psalm. The cross is again made known and the attitude of men towards that cross, those who reject Him and those that love His salvation. read more