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Wednesday, 29 December 2021

PSALM Seventy


For the director of music. 

Of David. A petition.

Hasten, O God, to save me;

    come quickly, Lord, to help me.

May those who want to take my life

    be put to shame and confusion;

may all who desire my ruin

    be turned back in disgrace.

May those who say to me, ‘Aha! Aha!’

    turn back because of their shame.

But may all who seek you

    rejoice and be glad in you;

may those who long for your saving help always say,

    ‘The Lord is great!’

But as for me, I am poor and needy;

    come quickly to me, O God.

You are my help and my deliverer;

    Lord, do not delay.


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Word by Word Meditations 

by Fred Ursell



Psalm 70 : “aha!” (v.3)

David is praying for God’s urgent help – “hasten … come quickly … do not delay” (vv.1 & 5). His plea isn’t trivial; he says there are “those who seek my life” (v.2). What is his enemies’ attitude in saying “aha!(v.3)?  It isn’t clear. 

Is it 

[A] mocking?  Are they deriding his god-centred lifestyle? Or is it per-haps 

[B] threatening?  Are they implying that, wherever he ran and hid, he wouldn’t be able to elude them?  Or is it perhaps 

[C] gloating?  Are they delighted that hardship had already overtaken him?  

It gets doubly hard to cope if your plight is intensified by people’s enjoyment of it. Do a David – pray!

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READING 

Psalm Seventy

Read by David Suchet 



STUDY - LINKS


How Should You Read the Psalms?

- John Piper - 

https://youtu.be/enxKd2YKgjI


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Prayer in the Psalms: 

Discovering How to Pray

Timothy Keller 

https://youtu.be/QgwzuFG5LCk



Psalms - Overviews

(The Bible Project)

https://youtu.be/j9phNEaPrv8


The Book of Psalms

(The Bible Project)

https://youtu.be/dpny22k_7uk


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Psalms part 1 

-Study by David Pawson-

https://youtu.be/qB3QV713xm0


Psalms Part 2 

-Study by David Pawson-

https://youtu.be/hQJNMgIHVKwSONGS


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SONGS


Psalm 70 

Dr. David Erb 




Psalm 70  

 Help Me


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