Matthew Henry Commentary Psalms 70:1-5

"[Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah. Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha. Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying." — Psalms 70:1-5 (ASV)

This psalm is almost the same as the last five verses of Psalm 40. While here we behold Jesus Christ presented in poverty and distress, we also see him denouncing just and fearful punishment on his Jewish, heathen, and antichristian enemies; and pleading for the joy and happiness of his friends, to his Father's honor.

Let us apply these things to our own troubled circumstances, and in a believing manner call them and their sinful causes to mind. Urgent trials should always awaken fervent prayers.