Psalm 70

¹³Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; hurry, O Lord, to help me.

¹⁴May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

⁷Answer me quickly, O Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

¹²Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.

¹⁸Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.

¹A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

¹Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

²I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king

⁴May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

²⁶May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

¹¹Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

⁶When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

¹³May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

²⁹May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

¹⁵May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

¹⁷Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

¹⁸or the Lord will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

¹⁸(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

³Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord God, for this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,

²¹They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”

²“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’

¹⁶May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The Lord be magnified!”

²⁵The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

¹⁰I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

²⁷May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the Lord who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

¹³Therefore this is what the Lord God says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

¹⁴My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

¹²Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.

¹⁷But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

¹A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O Lord; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.

²⁰He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

²⁹But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

³⁷For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

²How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?