Teks -- Psalms 70:1-5 (NET)

Psalm 70

70:1 For the music director; by David; written to get God’s attention. O God, please be willing to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me! 70:2 May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed! 70:3 May those who say, “Aha! Aha!” be driven back and disgraced! 70:4 May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, “May God be praised!” 70:5 I am oppressed and needy! O God, hurry to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O Lord, do not delay!

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Clarke: Psa 70:1 - Make haste to help me

Make haste to help me - I am in extreme distress, and the most imminent danger. Haste to help me, or I am lost.

Clarke: Psa 70:2 - Let them be turned backward

Let them be turned backward - They are coming in a body against me. Lord, stop their progress!

Clarke: Psa 70:3 - That say, Aha, aha

That say, Aha, aha - האה האה Heach ! heach ! a note of supreme contempt. See on Psa 40:15 (note).

Clarke: Psa 70:4 - Let God be magnified

Let God be magnified - Let his glory, mercy, and kindness, continually appear in the increase of his own work in the souls of his followers!

Clarke: Psa 70:5 - But I am poor and needy

But I am poor and needy - עני ואביון ani veebyon , I am a poor man, and a beggar - an afflicted beggar; a sense of my poverty causes me to beg

Clarke: Psa 70:5 - Thou art my help

Thou art my help - I know thou hast enough, and to spare; and therefore I come to thee

Clarke: Psa 70:5 - Make no tarrying

Make no tarrying - My wants are many, my danger great, my time short. O God, delay not

Defender: Psa 70:1 - make haste

The five verses of this psalm are practically identical to the last five verses of Psalm 40. Psalm 40 was a Messianic psalm and so is Psa 70:1-5. Perhaps David was led to tie them both together to emphasize their anticipation of the suffering Messiah."

TSK: Psa 70:1 - to bring // O God // to help me

to bring : Psa 38:1 *title

O God : Psa 40:13-17, Psa 69:18, Psa 71:12, Psa 143:7

to help me : Heb. to my help

TSK: Psa 70:2 - Let // my soul // be turned

Let : Psa 6:10, Psa 35:4, Psa 35:26, Psa 71:13, Psa 109:29; Isa 41:11

my soul : Rather,""my life,""naphshee ; for the word has frequently this meaning.

be turned : Isa 28:13; Joh 18:6

TSK: Psa 70:3 - back // aha

back : Psa 40:15; Act 1:18

aha : Heach! Heach! a note of extreme contempt; marking insult and triumph at the same time. Psa 35:21, Psa 35:25; Pro 24:17, Pro 24:18; Eze 25:3, Eze 26:2, Eze 36:2

TSK: Psa 70:4

Psa 5:11, Psa 35:27, Psa 40:16, Psa 97:12; Isa 61:10, Isa 65:13, Isa 65:14; Lam 3:25; Joh 16:20

TSK: Psa 70:5 - I am // make // O Lord

I am : Psa 40:17, Psa 69:29, Psa 109:22

make : Psa 141:1

O Lord : Psa 13:1, Psa 13:2; Heb 10:37; Rev 22:20

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Haydock: Psa 70:1 - Unjust

A prayer for perseverance.

Unjust. Achitophel and Absalom. (Calmet)

Haydock: Psa 70:1 - Of the sons of Jonadab // Hoped // Vain is the salvation of man

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 Rechabites entered Jerusalem a little before the first of these events, and set the people an example of obedience by submitting to Nabuchodonosor, as Jeremias directed. (Bellarmine) (Menochius) ---

St. Jerome considers their being confined within the walls, as their first captivity. (E. ad Paul. and ad Rust.) ---

But there is nothing in this title in Hebrew, Eusebius, &c., and several copies of the Septuagint acknowledge the same; (Calmet) so that it is of no great authority. (Berthier) ---

The psalm contains the sentiments of the captives, (Theodoret) or of David, persecuted by his son: and in a more sublime sense, of Jesus Christ, complaining of treason and cruelty. (Calmet) ---

All the saints, under persecution, may adopt the same language. (Berthier) ---

Hoped. These three verses are almost exactly the same, Psalm xxx. Bias "being asked what was sweet to men, answered, hope." (Laertius 1.) ---

Vain is the salvation of man. But hope confoundeth not, Psalm lix. 13., and Romans v. 5. (Calmet)

Haydock: Psa 70:2 - Justice

Justice. Or mercy, Psalm xxx. 1. I have not injured Absalom, &c. (Calmet) ---

God avengeth the injuries done to his servants. (Worthington)

Haydock: Psa 70:3 - Refuge

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)

Haydock: Psa 70:5 - Patience

Patience. Confiding on thee, I lost not patience; (St. Augustine; Worthington) or rather, (Amama) all my expectations are from thee, Psalm lxi. 6. (Calmet)

Gill: Psa 70:1 - Make haste, O God, to deliver me // make haste to help me, O Lord

Make haste, O God, to deliver me,.... The phrase, "make haste", is supplied from the following clause in Psa 40:13; it is, "be pleased, O Lord", or "Jehovah". The Targum renders it, "to deliver us"; very wrongly;

make haste to help me, O Lord; See Gill on Psa 22:19.

Gill: Psa 70:2 - Let them be ashamed and confounded // that seek after my soul // let them be turned backward

Let them be ashamed and confounded,.... In Psa 40:14 it is added, "together"; See Gill on Psa 40:14;

that seek after my soul; or "life"; in Psa 40:14 it is added, "to destroy it"; for that was the end of their seeking after it;

let them be turned backward, &c. See Gill on Psa 40:14.

Gill: Psa 70:3 - Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame // that say // aha, aha

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame,.... In Psa 40:15 it is, "let them be desolate"; which seems to respect their land and houses, here their persons; See Gill on Psa 40:15;

that say; in Psa 40:15 it is added, "to me"; not to his people, but himself,

aha, aha: rejoicing at his calamity and distress. The Targum is,

"we are glad, we are glad;''

See Gill on Psa 40:15, and compare with this Eze 25:3.

Gill: Psa 70:4 - 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

Let all those that seek thee,.... The Targum is,

"that seek doctrine (or instruction) from thee.''

rejoice and be glad in thee; the Targum paraphrases it,

"rejoice and be glad in thy word.''

and let such as love thy salvation say continually, let God be magnified; the Targum is,

"let the glory of the Lord be increased;''

and in Psa 40:16, instead of "God", it is "the Lord", or "Jehovah": See Gill on Psa 40:16.

Gill: Psa 70:5 - But I am poor and needy // make haste unto me, O God // thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying

But I am poor and needy,.... In Psa 40:17 it follows, yet "the Lord thinketh on me"; instead of which it is here; see Gill on Psa 40:17;

make haste unto me, O God; which repeats for sense the same petition as in Psa 71:1;

thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying; in Psa 40:17 it is, "O my God".