Prayer for Help against Persecutors.

1 For the choir director. A Psalm of David; for a memorial.
(A)O God, hasten to deliver me;
O Lord, hasten to my help!
2
(B)Let those be ashamed and humiliated
Who seek my (a)life;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight (b)in my hurt.
3
(C)Let those be (c)turned back because of their shame
Who say, “Aha, aha!”
4
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“Let God be magnified.”
5
But (D)I am afflicted and needy;
(E)Hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 70:2: ['Or ', soul]
b. Psalm 70:2: ['Or ', to injure me]
c. Psalm 70:3: ['Some mss read ', appalled]

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