4May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
5But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
Focused Passage
Psalms 70:4-5
Make Haste to Help the Poor and Needy
Psalm 70 moves from urgent petition for rescue, through judicial reversal against malicious enemies, toward communal joy among seekers of God, and concludes with a final poor-and-needy plea for the LORD not to delay.
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Verse 4
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May allכָּֽל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructwho seek Youמְבַ֫קְשֶׁ֥יךָH1245Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularrejoiceיָ֘שִׂ֤ישׂוּH7797Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluraland be gladוְיִשְׂמְח֨וּ׀H8055Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine pluralin Youבְּךָ֗Preposition | second person masculine singularmay those who loveאֹ֝הֲבֵ֗יH157Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructYour salvationיְשׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃H3444Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularalwaysתָ֭מִידH8548Adverbsayוְיֹאמְר֣וּH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine pluralLet Godאֱלֹהִ֑יםH430Noun - masculine pluralbe magnifiedיִגְדַּ֣לH1431Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 5
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But I [am]וַאֲנִ֤י׀H589Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singularpoorעָנִ֣יH6041Adjective - masculine singularand needyוְאֶבְיוֹן֮H34Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular constructhurryחֽוּשָׁ֫ה־H2363Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularto meלִּ֥יPreposition | first person common singularO Godאֱלֹהִ֪יםH430Noun - masculine pluralYouאַ֑תָּהH859Pronoun - second person masculine singularare my helpעֶזְרִ֣יH5828Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularand my delivererוּמְפַלְטִ֣יH6403Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singularO LORDיְ֝הוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singulardo notאַל־H408Adverbdelayתְּאַחַֽר׃H309Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular