Psalms 70:1-3 in English

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.

² Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

³ Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.

¹ By David, a Psalm sung by the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive. O Lord, I have hoped in thee: let me never be put to shame.

² In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me: incline thine ear to me, and save me.

³ Be to me a protecting God, and a strong hold to save me: for thou art my fortress and my refuge.

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver 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.

³ Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver 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.

³ Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

¹ (71) By David, a Psalm sung by the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive. O Lord, I have hoped in you: let me never be put to shame.

² In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me: incline your ear to me, and save me.

³ Be to me a protecting God, and a strong hold to save me: for you are my fortress and my refuge.

¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver 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 brought to dishonour that delight in my hurt.

³ Let them be turned back by reason of their shame that say, Aha, Aha.

¹ God, please save me! Yahweh, come quickly to help me!

² Humble those who are happy about my troubles/difficulties, and cause them to be disgraced/ashamed. Chase away those who are trying to kill me.

³ I hope/desire that you will cause them to become dismayed and ashamed because you have defeated them.

¹ (71) By David, a Psalm sung by the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive. O Lord, I have hoped in you: let me never be put to shame.

² In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me: incline your ear to me, and save me.

³ Be to me a protecting God, and a strong hold to save me: for you are my fortress and my refuge.

¹ For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.

² Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

³ Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”

¹ For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.

² Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

³ Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”

¹ For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.

² Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

³ Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”

¹ To the chief music-maker. Of David. To keep in memory. Let your salvation come quickly, O God; come quickly to my help, O Lord.

² Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

³ Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame.

¹ To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David: to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; Jehovah, hasten to my help.

² Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

³ Let them turn back because of their shame that say, Aha! Aha!

¹ A psalm for David. Of the sons of Jonadab, and the former captives. In thee, O Lord, I have hoped, let me never be put to confusion:

² Deliver me in thy justice, and rescue me. Incline thy ear unto me, and save me.

³ Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a place of strength: that thou mayst make me safe. For thou art my firmament and my refuge.

¹ For the music director. A psalm of David. For a memorial. God, save me! Hurry, Lord, help me!

² Please defeat and humiliate the people who are trying to kill me; turn back in disgrace those who want to hurt me.

³ May they be shocked at their defeat, those who taunted me.

¹ To him excelleth. A Psalme of David to put in remembrance. O God, haste thee to deliuer mee: make haste to helpe me, O Lord.

² Let them be confounded and put to shame, that seeke my soule: let them bee turned backewarde and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.

³ Let them be turned backe for a rewarde of their shame, which said, Aha, aha.

¹ For the Leader. A Psalm of David; to make memorial. O God, to deliver me, O LORD, to help me, make haste.

² Let them be ashamed and abashed that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that delight in my hurt.

³ Let them be turned back by reason of their shame that say: 'Aha, aha.'

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver 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.

³ Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame That say, Aha, aha.

¹ “To the chief musician, by David, to bring to remembrance.” (70:2) O God, arise to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me.

² (70:3) Let those that seek after my life be made ashamed and put to the blush: let those that desire my unhappiness be turned backward and put to confusion.

³ (70:4) Let them be turned backward in consequence of their shame, that say, Aha, aha.

¹ By David, a Psalm sung by the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive. O Lord, I have hoped in thee: let me never be put to shame.

² In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me: Incline thine ear to me, and save me.

³ Be to me a protecting God, And a stronghold to save me: For thou art my fortress and my refuge.

¹ “For the leader of the music. A psalm of David, for remembrance.” Make haste, O God! to deliver me, O LORD! come speedily to mine aid!

² May they all be confounded, and covered with shame, Who seek to take my life! May they be driven back with disgrace Who desire to do me injury!

³ May they be turned back with shame Who cry out to me, “Aha! aha!”

¹ For the leader. Of David. For commemoration. Quickly, God, deliver me, hasten to help me, Lord.

² May those who are seeking my life, be ashamed and confounded.

³ May those who delight in my hurt be defeated and brought to dishonour.

¹ For the leader. Of David. For commemoration. Quickly, God, deliver me, hasten to help me, Lord.

² May those who are seeking my life, be ashamed and confounded.

³ May those who delight in my hurt be defeated and brought to dishonor.

¹ Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Adonai .

² Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

³ Let them be turned because of their shame Who say, “Aha! Aha!”

¹ For the chief musician. A psalm of David; to bring to remembrance. Save me, God! Yahweh, come quickly and help me.

² Let those who try to take my life be ashamed and humiliated; let them be turned back and brought to dishonor, those who take pleasure in my pain.

³ Let them be turned back because of their shame, those who say, “Aha, aha.”

¹ For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.

² Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

³ Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”

¹ For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.

² Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

³ Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David to bring to remembrance. Make haste , O God, to deliver 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.

³ Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

¹ For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.

² Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

³ Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”

¹ For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.

² Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

³ Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”

¹ To the victory, the psalm of David, to have mind. God, behold thou into mine help; Lord, haste thou to help me.

² Be they shamed, and ashamed; that seek my life. Be they turned aback; and shame they, that will or desire evils to me.

³ Be they turned away anon, and shame they; that say to me, Well! well!

¹ To the victory, the psalm of David, to have mind. God, behold thou into mine help; Lord, haste thou to help me. (For the choirmaster, a song by David, to bring to mind or for remembrance. God, look thou to help me; Lord, hasten thou to help me.)

² Be they shamed, and ashamed; that seek my life. Be they turned aback; and shame they, that will evils to me. (Be they shamed, and ashamed; all who seek to take my life. Be they turned back, and be ashamed; all who desire evil for me.)

³ Be they turned away anon, and shame they; that say to me, Well! well! (Be they turned away at once, and be they ashamed; who (scornfully) say to me, Well! well!)

¹ To the Overseer, by David. — 'To cause to remember.' O God, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help, haste.

² Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

³ Let them turn back because of their shame, Who are saying, 'Aha, aha.'