“This is why ¹  my troubled thoughts bring me back ²  – because of my feelings ³  within me.

Hurry and help me, ¹  O Lord, my deliverer!

I keep your commands eagerly and without delay. ¹ 

If ¹  I have walked in falsehood, and if ²  my foot has hastened ³  to deceit –

But you, O Lord, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! ¹  Hurry and help me! ² 

Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me! ¹ 

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind ¹  and the gale.”

For the music director; by David; written to get God’s attention. ²  O God, please be willing to rescue me! ³  O Lord, hurry and help me! ⁴ 

O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me! ¹ 

For no one ¹  can eat and drink ²  or experience joy ³  apart from him. ⁴ 

A psalm of David. O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

They say, “Let him hurry, let him act quickly, ¹  so we can see; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel ²  take shape ³  and come to pass, then we will know it!”

The least of you will multiply into ¹  a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!” ² 

I will get revenge and pay them back at the time their foot slips; for the day of their disaster is near, and the impending judgment ¹  is rushing upon them!”

The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash ¹  to Gibeah. They ²  attacked ³  and put the sword to the entire city.

Jonathan called out to the servant, “Hurry! Go faster! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master.

I am oppressed and needy! ¹  O God, hurry to me! ²  You are my helper and my deliverer! O Lord, ³  do not delay!

Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: “Look, I am laying ¹  a stone in Zion, an approved ²  stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. ³  The one who maintains his faith will not panic. ⁴ 

Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert ¹  than wolves in the desert. ²  Their horses ³  gallop, ⁴  their horses come a great distance; like a vulture ⁵  they swoop down quickly to devour their prey. ⁶ 

but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness ¹  and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against ²  the inhabitants of the land.