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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 70:1	Strong Concordance	To the chief Musician [05329], A Psalm of David [01732], to bring to remembrance [02142]. Make haste, O God [0430], to deliver [05337] me; make haste [02363] to help [05833] me, O LORD [03068].
	King James	To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Make haste - These words are supplied by our translators. The first word in Psa 40:13, rendered "be pleased," is here omitted in the original. The psalm in the Hebrew begins abruptly - "O God, to deliver me," - leaving the impression that this is a fragment - a fragment commencing without even the care necessary to make the grammatical construction complete. O God - Hebrew, אלהים 'Elohiym. In the corresponding place in Psa 40:13 the word is "Yahweh." Why the change was made is unknown. The remainder of the verse is the same as in Ps. 40.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Make haste - These words are supplied by our translators. The first word in Psa 40:13, rendered "be pleased," is here omitted in the original. The psalm in the Hebrew begins abruptly - "O God, to deliver me," - leaving the impression that this is a fragment - a fragment commencing without even the care necessary to make the grammatical construction complete.

O God - Hebrew, אלהים 'Elohiym. In the corresponding place in Psa 40:13 the word is "Yahweh." Why the change was made is unknown. The remainder of the verse is the same as in Ps. 40.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
We see at once at the very beginning, in the omission of the רצה (Psa 40:14), that what we have here before us is a fragment of Ps 40, and perhaps a fragment that only accidentally came to have an independent existence. The להצּילני, which was under the government of רצה, now belongs to הוּשׁה, and the construction is without example elsewhere. In Psa 70:3 (= Psa 40:15) יחד and לספּותהּ are given up entirely; the original is more full-toned and soaring. Instead of ישׁמּוּ, torpescant, Psa 70:4 has ישׁוּבוּ, recedant (as in Ps 6:11, cf. Psa 9:18), which is all the more flat for coming after יסגו אחור. In Psa 70:4, after ויאמרים the לי, which cannot here (cf. on the contrary, Psa 35:21) be dispensed with, is wanting.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

We see at once at the very beginning, in the omission of the רצה (Psa 40:14), that what we have here before us is a fragment of Ps 40, and perhaps a fragment that only accidentally came to have an independent existence. The להצּילני, which was under the government of רצה, now belongs to הוּשׁה, and the construction is without example elsewhere. In Psa 70:3 (= Psa 40:15) יחד and לספּותהּ are given up entirely; the original is more full-toned and soaring. Instead of ישׁמּוּ, torpescant, Psa 70:4 has ישׁוּבוּ, recedant (as in Ps 6:11, cf. Psa 9:18), which is all the more flat for coming after יסגו אחור. In Psa 70:4, after ויאמרים the לי, which cannot here (cf. on the contrary, Psa 35:21) be dispensed with, is wanting.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Make haste to help me - I am in extreme distress, and the most imminent danger. Haste to help me, or I am lost.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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

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