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Psalm 70[a]

Insistent Prayer for Divine Assistance

For the director.[b] Of David. For remembrance.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 70:1 The psalmist’s cry is that of all who cannot endure suffering any longer and have no hope except in God. He calls upon God to come to his aid quickly. It is a slightly revised duplicate of Ps 40:14-18.
    Every Christian (and the whole Church) can naturally recite this psalm in his or her own right as one really (though not yet completely) saved.
  2. Psalm 70:1 For the director: these words are thought to be a musical or liturgical notation. For remembrance: see note on Ps 38:1.