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Psalm 70:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 70:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 [a]Make haste, O God, to rescue me;
O Lord, come quickly to my aid.
3 [b]May all those who seek to take my life
endure shame and confusion.
May all those who desire my ruin
be turned back and humiliated.
4 May those who cry out to me, “Aha! Aha!”[c]
be forced to retreat in shame.
Footnotes
- Psalm 70:2 Distress can remind a person of his attachment to sin. Is there any reason why people should vilify the person who acknowledges his faults? Realizing his strong attraction toward evil, the psalmist cries out to God, and the poor man rediscovers with astonishment the joyous assurance that God thinks about him.
- Psalm 70:3 The psalmist prays for the downfall of his enemies, somewhat as Christians pray for the kingdom of God to come, which includes the petition that the Lord will come to vindicate his own and avenge the wrongs done by his enemies (see 2 Thes 1:5-10; see also notes on Pss 5:11; 35).
- Psalm 70:4 Aha! Aha!: the mocking words of the psalmist’s adversaries.
