Psalm 70
Psalm 70 Meaning
Psalm 70 is a brief, urgent cry for God to hurry: make haste, O God, to deliver me, make haste to help me. It is prayer stripped to its most basic plea.
Even in the rush of need, it asks that all who seek God would rejoice and say, God is great. It ends confessing, I am poor and needy, come quickly to me.
Key verses from Psalm 70
“MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.”
Psalm 70:1
“Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.”
Psalm 70:4
“But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.”
Psalm 70:5
How Psalm 70 points to Jesus
Jesus hears the shortest, most desperate prayer, come quickly to me. He is the help that makes haste to the poor and needy who call on His name.