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Prayer for Help against Persecutors.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David; for a memorial.
AO God, hasten to deliver me;
O Lord, hasten to my help!
ALet those be ashamed and humiliated
Who seek my 1life;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight 2in my hurt.
ALet those be 1turned back because of their shame
Who say, “Aha, aha!”
 
Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“Let God be magnified.”
But AI am afflicted and needy;
BHasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay.
A 70:1 Ps 40:13-17; 70:1-5 A 70:2 Ps 35:4, 26 1 70:2 Or soul 2 70:2 Or to injure me A 70:3 Ps 40:15 1 70:3 Some mss read appalled A 70:5 Ps 40:17 B 70:5 Ps 141:1