Psalm 70
First Version
Short Metre (6,6,8,6)
Suggested Tune: Selma
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 Tune: Salzburg
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.
