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To the director: A song of David to help people remember.

70 Please, God, rescue me!
    Lord, hurry and help me!
People are trying to kill me.
    Please disappoint them.
    Humiliate them!
They want to hurt me.
    Make them run away in shame.
May those who make fun of me
    be too embarrassed to speak.

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Psalm 70[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David. A petition.

Hasten, O God, to save me;
    come quickly, Lord, to help me.(B)

May those who want to take my life(C)
    be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
    be turned back in disgrace.(D)
May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”(E)
    turn back because of their shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 70:1 In Hebrew texts 70:1-5 is numbered 70:2-6.