RRB notes on Psalm 76

Psalms 76 KJV

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

1. In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. [1]

[1] The Lord’s name is not “great in Israel” right now. The average modern Jew today is a practical atheist.

2. In Salem [2] also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

[2] “Salem” is another name for Jerusalem. The word means “peace” (as in Shalom and Solomon). Jerusalem means “city of peace.” The irony is that the city is attacked nine times in the Old Testament (three of those by Nebuchadnezzar), four times during the intertestamental period, once by Titus (A.D. 70), fourteen times during the Middle Ages, Allenby “liberated” it in 1917, and then the Arabs, Moslems, and Palestinians took over with the American and European new media to help them out (see App. 58). But God calls it “the city of peace” because when He brings peace to this earth, it will come at that city (vs. 3; Psa. 46:7-9; Hag. 2:7-9).

3. There brake he the arrows of the bow, [a] the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

[a] Hos. 2:18; Zech. 9:10.

4. Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

5. The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

6. At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. [3] [b]

[3] Figurative; the machines (chariots) are in “a dead sleep” just like the horses. In my generation, we called the cars “chariots.” To this day, a motor is said to “die” when it cuts off. And what are 21st-Century machines doing having “horsepower”? Imagine the utter hypocrisy of the scholars criticizing the “archaic” language of the King James text and then using 17th-Century English to describe their vehicles!

[b] Zech. 12:4; 2 Kings 19:35.

7. Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

8. Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

9. When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. [c] Selah.

[c] Vss. 5-9 are Second Advent references (Psa. 3:7, 7:6, 9:19).

10. Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

11. Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

12. He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. [d]

[d] Psa. 2:2-5; Isa. 24:21).

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Appendix 58 – Israel and Israel’s Enemies

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 RRB notes on Psalm 75

Psalms 75 KJV

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

1. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. [1]

[1] The Psalm is connected with the Second Advent. The speaker is Jesus Christ in verses 2-6. In verses 8-9, David speaks for himself and Christ, but verse 10 is Christ alone, again.

2. When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

3. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: [a] I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

[a] At the end of the Tribulation (Isa. 24:1-5; Jer. 4:23-27).

4. I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

5. Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

6. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

7. But God [2] is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

[2] Notice the substitution of the word “God” for “north” (vs. 6). This advanced revelation identifying the location of New Jerusalem (Psa. 48:1-2; Isa. 14:13; Heb. 12:22-24), has been obliterated by all the scholars since 1880. Notice how often the Scripture mentions God coming from the north: Job 26:7, 37:22; Isaiah 41:25; Ezekiel 1:4. 

8. For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. [3]

[3] This verse reveals the unbelieving stupidity of John R. Rice. Rice thought the “cup” was a reference to physical death. He didn’t know what he was talking about (see comments on Heb. 5:7; Matt. 26:39, 42; John 18:11).

9. But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10. All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

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Comments on Hebrews 5:7 KJV

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, [e] and was heard [f] in that he feared;

[e] See note on Matt. 26:42.

[f] Cf. Isa. 49:8.

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Comments on Matthew 26:39 KJV

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Matthew 26:42 KJV

He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup [10] may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

[10] John R. Rice has this “cup” being the Devil trying to kill Christ in the garden. Going to Hebrews 5:7, he has this prayer being answered in the affirmative and the Lord not having to drink the “cup.” Christ’s prayer was indeed “heard” and answered – with a “NO!” The “cup” was the wrath of God (Psa. 75:8; Isa. 51:17, 22; Jer. 25:15, 17, 28, 49:12; Ezek. 23:31-33), and the Lord did drink it (John 18:11). John R. Rice didn’t know what he was talking about.

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Comments on John 18:11 KJV

Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? [c] 

[c] See note on Matt. 26:42.

 RRB notes on Psalm 74

Psalms 74 KJV

Maschil of Asaph.

1. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? [a] why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? [1] [b]

[a] Lam. 5:20-22.

[1] The psalm deals prophetically with “the times of the Gentiles” (Luke 21:24), which stretches from the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. under Nebuchadnezzar (vs. 7) and beyond the year 2008. 

[b] Isa. 63:11.

2. Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [c] which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

[c] Deut. 32:9; Exod. 4:2-4.

3. Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. [d]

[d] Tribulation (Dan. 9:27, 11:31; Matt. 24:15).

4. Thine enemies [2] roar in the midst of thy congregations; [e] they set up their ensigns for signs.

[2] These “enemies” turn out to be all 190 (+/-) members of the United Nations against Israel (see App. 58, 80).

[e] Note the plural; not a reference to Temple worship (See note on vs. 8).

5. A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

6. But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. [f]

[f] Cf. vs. 3 – the destruction of the Tribulation Temple.

7. They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

8. They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues [3] of God in the land.

[3] Here, the KJV gives an advanced revelation that cannot be found in any Hebrew text or “clearer, more accurate” version. The KJV has inserted the word “synagogues,” even though when Asaph wrote the “Maschil,” there were no synagogues in the land. The Holy Spirit has given you a prophetic reference to the Tribulation. The Bible revisers and the commentators change the verse because they cannot understand it and do not believe what the Spirit of God wrote.

9. We see not our signs: [4] there is no more any prophet: [g] neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

[4] The reference is to the Church Age (Hos. 3:4), when there are no signs given (A.D. 70 – present) to a nation that requires signs (1 Cor. 1:22) because it began with signs (see note on Exod. 4:28). If any Charismatic claims to be exercising the apostolic gifts (Mark 16:17-18; 2 Cor. 12:12), he is nothing but a bald-faced liar (Rev. 2:2).

[g] Lam. 5:20.

10. O God, how long shall the adversary [h] reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? [i]

[h] Isa. 50:8; 1 Pet. 5:8.

[i] Rev. 13:5-6; Dan. 11:36.

11. Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? [j] pluck it out of thy bosom.

[j] See note on Ezra 7:28.

12. For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

13. Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

14. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. [5]

[5] The reference is obviously to the “great red dragon” of Revelation 12:3 (see notes on Job 41:1, 41:31). In Ezekiel 29:3, Pharoah is given as a picture of this “dragon.” The problem is how could one of the heads of this dragon be “wounded to death” (Rev. 13:1-3) and that wound be converted into “manna” to feed a bunch of Jews in the wilderness? (See note on Exod. 16:20.) No one has ever explained the text, but in the Disney movie “Sleeping Beauty,” you’ll see a dragon being cut in the throat by a sword and bleeding “hoar frost” (Exod. 16:14; Rev. 12:14)!

15. Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

16. The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. [k]

[k] There is absolute light that is not sunlight (cf. Gen. 1:3).

17. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. [l]

[l] Mother Nature didn’t make either.

18. Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

19. O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. [m]

[m] Vs. 21, James 2:5, 5:1-9.

20. Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

21. O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

22. Arise, O God, [n] plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. [o]

[n] Second Advent (Psa. 3:7, 7:6, 9:19, 10:12).

[o] The Antichrist (Rev. 13:1, 5-7, 17:3; Psa. 44:16; Isa. 37:23, 52:5).

23. Forget not the voice of thine enemies: [p] the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. [6]

[p] Tribulation (Psa. 7:6, 8:2, 18:37, 21:8, 27:2, 37:20).

[6] Israel’s enemies have increased, just as I predicted in the Bible Believers' Commentary on Psalms, Vol. 2 (pg. 536 of 1993 ed.). See Appendix 58.

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Appendix 58 – Israel and Israel’s Enemies

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Appendix 80 – The Jewish Population

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Note on Exodus 4:28 KJV

And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs [o] which he had commanded him. [7]

[o] Deut. 29:3.

[7] This explains why in the New Testament you are told “the Jews require a sign” (1 Cor. 1:22). So tongues are not for a Christian at all – they are for a sign to Israel (1 Cor. 14:22).

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Note on Ezra 7:28 KJV

And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God [6] was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

[6] Notice the expression, “the hand of . . . God,” used here as it is found again in Ezra 8:18, 22. The “right hand of God” is used many times in the Bible to represent Jesus Christ Himself (Psa. 17:7, 20:6, 21:8, 45:4, 48:10, 108:6, 110:5, 138:7, etc.).

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Note on Job 41:1 KJV

Canst thou draw out leviathan [1] with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

[1] Apostate Fundamentalists and Conservatives convert Leviathan into a crocodile, a hippopotamus, an elephant, or (in Henry Morris’ case) a dinosaur. But they ignore the cross reference to Psalm 74:14 where Leviathan has multiple heads. The Holy Spirit clearly identifies Leviathan in Isaiah 27:1 and Revelation 12:9.

The animal described is aquatic. He would represent the reptilian, aquatic animals if he were a “cherub” (Ezek. 28:14). Consequently, the fifth cherub is missing (Rev. 4:7). The marine animals and reptiles have no representative in Heaven. They had one (Ezek. 28:14), but he lost his position (see note on Gen. 1:2). Chapters 40 and 41 are two parts of the Satanic trinity (see note on Num. 22:41). “Behemoth” is Satan the son; “Leviathan” is Satan the father. Satan the unclean spirit shows up in Revelation 9:11 (“Abaddon”).

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Note on Job 41:31 KJV

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea [6] like a pot of ointment.

[6] The confusion over this verse among Medieval Catholics explains why Europe got rid of the Old Testament after Columbus. The conventional “wisdom” before Columbus was that if you kept going west, you would eventually come to the edge of the earth, where the ocean stopped, and drop off into the mouth of a great red dragon. When Columbus returned with the good news that there was no “edge” or “dropoff” or “dragon,” everyone treated the Old Testament as mythology. Everyone forgot that “the deep” had nothing to do with the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, or Antarctic Oceans. “The deep,” here, is “the deep” of Genesis 1:2, and “the sea” is “the sea” of Job 26:12. Its “waters” are over the second heaven (Psa. 148:4). It is inhabited by a “crooked serpent” (Job 26:13), which is a “dragon” (Isa. 27:1). That “great red dragon” is still upstairs (Rev. 12:3, 9) in a “Red Sea.” That “sea” is northward (see note on Job 26:7) between you and God (see note on Job 37:18).

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Note on Exodus 16:20 KJV

Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: [4] and Moses was wroth with them.

[4] For this remarkable “manna,” be sure to see Appendix 36 on the “Tithe.” The manna has to do with one of the heads on Satan. It is also connected with the origin of the “tithe” and (eventually) with the feeding of the Jews in the wilderness and cannibalism in the Tribulation (Isa. 6:13). The first time you saw the word tithe was in Genesis 14:20 in connection with Melchizedek at Jerusalem, where the cannibalism will take place.

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 RRB notes on Psalm 73

Psalms 73 KJV

A Psalm of Asaph.

1. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

2. But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

3. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. [1]

[1] Verses 2-15 are excellent devotional material for anybody to ponder. It deals with Job’s theme, “Why Do the Righteous Suffer?” In this case, it deals with the question asked in Job 21:7. The conclusion the psalmist reaches in verses 17-18 is the same conclusion that is found in Job 18:5, 21:17, 34:26, etc.

4. For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

5. They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

6. Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

7. Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

8. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

9. They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

10. Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

11. And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? [a]

[a] Job 21:14-15, 22:13-17.

12. Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

13. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. [b]

[b] Just like Job (Job 30:15-16).

15. If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [c] against the generation of thy children. [d]

[c] In Job’s case, he says it and offends them (Job 9:23-24, 10:3, 12:4, 6).

[d] Psa. 22:30; Isa. 53:8.

16. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

17. Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

18. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

19. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

20. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, [2] thou shalt despise their image.

[2] In this dispensation, the Lord is pictured as resting, with Jesus Christ seated at His right hand (Mark 12:36, 16:19; Col. 3:1; Heb. 1:3). At the Second Advent, He is spoken of as waking up and roaring (Isa. 42:14, 51:9; Psa. 78:65; Song of Sol. 2:7, 8:4) to “clean house” on the rich men (vs. 12 cf. James 5:1-8) and their “king of pride” (vs. 6 cf. Job 41:34) who worship his “image” (Dan. 3:1-7; Rev. 13:11-18).

21. Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

22. So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

23. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

24. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

25. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

26. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

27. For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

28. But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

 RRB notes on Psalm 72

Psalms 72 KJV

A Psalm for Solomon.

1. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. [a]

[a] Solomon historically; Jesus Christ prophetically (see notes on 1 Kings 4:21, 10:1-2).

2. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

3. The mountains [b] shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

[b] Vs. 16.

4. He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, [c] and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

[c] See note on Psa. 40:17.

5. They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, [d] throughout all generations.

[d] Millennium (vss. 7, 17; Psa. 89:36).

6. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. [e]

[e] Latter rain (2 Sam. 23:4; Psa. 68:9; Hos. 6:3; Joel 2:23; James 5:7, 17).

7. In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace [f] so long as the moon endureth.

[f] See App. 17.

8. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. [g]

[g] A prophetic Psalm reference to the Millennial reign of Christ.

9. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. [h]

[h] Psa. 110:1; Isa. 49:23.

10. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. [i]

[i] Isa. 45:14, 60:6-7.

11. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. [j]

[j] Isa. 60:12; Psa. 2:10-12.

12. For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

13. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

14. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. [k]

[k] Rev. 14:13, 6:9-11.

15. And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: [l] prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. [m]

[l] Vs. 10; 1 Kings 10:1-10.

[m] Mal. 1:11

16. There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city [n] shall flourish like grass of the earth.

[n] Isa. 65:18; Zech. 8:3-8.

17. His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

18. Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

19. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; [1] [o] Amen, and Amen.

[1] Verses 17 and 19 have never been fulfilled (Rom. 8:19-22) and won’t be until the Millennium (Isa. 11:9).

[o] Num. 14:20-21.

20. The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

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Notes on 1 Kings 4:21 KJV

And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. [1]

[1] The passage is a direct forerunner of the Millennial reign of Christ. “The son of David” is present, he is on the “throne of David,” and he has the land grant that God gave to Abraham (Gen. 15), plus “peace on earth” all of his days (vs. 24). This is the “Golden Age” about which the Greek philosophers talked. Its ridiculous, anti-biblical counterfeits are “Camelot,” the “Fifth Kingdom Monarchists,” the Triple Alliance, the Holy Alliance, the League of Nations, the United Nations, the Vatican’s Ecumenical Councils, the Treaty of Westphalia, and the ridiculous “Armistice” of November 11, 1918, which did not last twenty-one years.

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Notes on 1 Kings 10:1-2 KJV

1. And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. [a]

[a] Matt. 12:42.

2. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. [b]

[b] There are twenty types of the Lord Jesus Christ found in vss. 2-9.

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Note on Psalms 40:17 KJV

But I am poor and needy; [f] yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

[f] See comments on James 1:10-11, 2:5-7, 5:1-7.

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Appendix 17 – Peace on Earth

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 RRB notes on Psalm 71

Psalms 71 KJV

1. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. [a]

[a] The entire psalm is devotional; it is the prayer of an elderly man (vss. 9, 18) and has a strong New Testament flavor.

2. Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

3. Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

4. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5. For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.

6. By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

7. I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

8. Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

9. Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

10. For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

11. Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

12. O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

13. Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

14. But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

15. My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

16. I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

17. O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

18. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

19. Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

20. Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

21. Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

22. I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

23. My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

24. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

 RRB notes on Psalm 70

Psalms 70 KJV

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

1. 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. [a]

[a] Ezek. 25:3; Psa. 35:21, 40:15. (JD Note: See also Ezek. 26:2)

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.

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.