Chapter Text
70:1 [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
70:2 Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
70:3 Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.
70:4 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.
70:5 But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying. Psalm 71
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "light", "make", "haste", "deliver", "help", "jehovah", and "shame". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "make", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local ASV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "light" and "make" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "make" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.