Psalms 70

All week long we have been in the Psalms.

Psalms 70 gives us an urgent prayer for help from David. This prayer can be your prayer today as well, especially if you are short on time and long on need.

David was in a moment of panic, yet he didn't forget to praise. Praise is important because it helps us remember who God is.

Many times our prayers are filled with requests for ourselves and others, and we forget to thank God for what he has done and to worship him for who he is.

We can't take God for granted and treat him as a vending machine.

Even when David was afraid, he praised God.

David writes,

1.Hasten, O God, to save me;
O Lord, come quickly to help me.

2. May those who seek my life
be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
be turned back in disgrace.

3. May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!"
turn back because of their shame.

4. But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation always say,
Let God be exalted!

5. Yet I am poor and needy;
come quickly to me, O God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay.