Psalm 70

First Version

Short Metre (6,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes: 172 St Olave, 176 Song 20, 179 Zurich

1    Lord, haste me to deliver;

            with speed, Lord, succour me.

2    Let them that for my soul do seek

            sham’d and confounded be:

      Turn’d back be they, and sham’d,

            that in my hurt delight.

3    Turn’d back be they, Ha, ha! that say,

            their shaming to requite.

4    In thee let all be glad,

            and joy that seek for thee:

      Let them who thy salvation love

            say still, God praised be.

5    I poor and needy am;

            come, Lord, and make no stay:

      My help thou and deliv’rer art;

            O Lord, make no delay.

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Second Version

Common Metre (8,6,8,6)

Suggested Tunes: 50 Dundee, 128 Salzburg, 79 Kilmarnock

1    Make haste, O God, me to preserve;

            with speed, Lord, succour me.

2    Let them that for my soul do seek

            sham’d and confounded be:

      Let them be turned back, and sham’d,

            that in my hurt delight.

3    Turn’d back be they, Ha, ha! that say,

            their shaming to requite.

4    O Lord, in thee let all be glad,

            and joy that seek for thee:

      Let them who thy salvation love

            say still, God praised be.

5    But I both poor and needy am;

            come, Lord, and make no stay:

      My help thou and deliv’rer art;

            O Lord, make no delay.