Psalm 70
1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
1 Haste thee, O | God, • to de- | liver • me; ||
make | haste to | help • me, O | Lord. ||
2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that | seek • after my | soul; ||
let them be turned backward and put to con- | 3 fusion that | wish me | evil. ||
3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
3 Let them for their reward be | soon • brought to | shame, ||
that 3 cry | over • me, | There! | there! ||
4 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.
4 But let all those that seek thee be | 3 joyful and | glad in • thee: ||
and let all such as delight in thy salvation say | 3 alway, The | Lord be | praised. ||
5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.
5 As for me, I am | poor • and in | miser•y: ||
3 haste | thee • unto | me, O | God. ||
6 Thou art my helper, and | my re- | deemer: ||
O | Lord, make | no long | tarry•ing. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).