Psalm 70

“But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God” (5). To the Lord, the psalmist could admit that he was “poor and needy” in the face of attacks from the enemy. The worst dangers were not external, but internal: discouragement, anxiety, and the constant human temptation to turn to ungodly sources to satisfy our needs. Knowing our spiritual enemy desires our ruin (2), the psalmist called out, “Come quickly, Lord, to help me” (1).

“But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you” (4). When we admit our weaknesses and seek what we need in the Lord, we find that his answers are better than all our hopes.