Discovery BoxPsalms 70:1 
ContextFor the music director; by David; written to get God’s attention. 2
70:1 O God, please be willing to rescue me! 3
O Lord, hurry and help me! 4
Psalms 73:12
Context73:12 Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, 5
those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer. 6
Psalms 88:8
Context88:8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance;
you make me an appalling sight to them.
I am trapped and cannot get free. 7
1 sn Psalm 70. This psalm is almost identical to Ps 40:13-17. The psalmist asks for God’s help and for divine retribution against his enemies.
2 tn Heb “to cause to remember.” The same form, a Hiphil infinitive of זָכַר (zakhar, “remember”), also appears in the superscription of Ps 38. Some understand this in the sense of “for the memorial offering,” but it may carry the idea of bringing one’s plight to God’s attention (see P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 [WBC], 303).
3 tn Heb “O God, to rescue me.” A main verb is obviously missing. The verb רָצָה (ratsah, “be willing”) should be supplied (see Ps 40:13). Ps 40:13 uses the divine name “
4 tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.
5 tn Heb “Look, these [are] the wicked.”
6 tn Heb “the ones who are always at ease [who] increase wealth.”
7 tn Heb “[I am] confined and I cannot go out.”
