But I [am] poor and needy,.... In Ps 40:17 it follows, yet "the Lord thinketh on me"; instead of which it is here,See Gill on "Ps 40:17";make haste unto me, O God; which repeats for sense the same petition as in Ps 71:1;thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying; in Ps 40:17 it is, "O my God".
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Psalms 70:5
Psalms 70:5
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