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1To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance{H8687)}. Make haste, O God, to deliver{H8687)} me; make haste{H8798)} to help me, O LORD.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. …
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The title tells us that this psalm was designed to bring to remembrance; that is, to put God in remembrance of his mercy and promises (for so we are said to do when we pray to him and plead with him. Isa. 43:26; Put me in remembrance )--not that the Eternal Mind needs a remembrancer, but this honour he is pleased to put upon the prayer of faith. Or, rather, to put himself and others in remembrance…
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