Psalms 70:5

Verse Psalms 70:5. But I am poor and needy] עני ואביון ani veebyon, I am a poor man, and a beggar - an afflicted beggar; a sense of my poverty causes me to beg.

Thou art my help] I know thou hast enough, and to spare; and therefore I come to thee.

Make no tarrying.] My wants are many, my danger great, my time short. O God, delay not!

ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTIETH PSALM

The contents of this Psalm are the following: -

I. The prayer of David for himself, that he may be freed from his enemies, Psalms 70:1, repeated Psalms 70:5.

II. For the speedy overthrow of the wicked Psalms 70:2.

III. For the prosperity of the godly, Psalms 70:4.

IV. The arguments he uses to induce God to answer his prayer.

1. His miserable condition: "I am poor and needy."

2. God's office: "Thou art my Helper and Redeemer."

For a farther analysis, see at the end of the fortieth Psalm. Psalms 40:17.