Chapter Text
70:1 To the Overseer, by David. --`To cause to remember.' O God, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help, haste.
70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.
70:3 Let them turn back because of their shame, Who are saying, `Aha, aha.'
70:4 Let all those seeking Thee joy and be glad in Thee, And let those loving Thy salvation Say continually, `God is magnified.'
70:5 And I <FI>am<Fi> poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer <FI>art<Fi> Thou, O Jehovah, tarry Thou not!
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "overseer", "david", "cause", "remember", "deliver", "jehovah", "help", and "haste". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "overseer" and "david", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local YLT text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "overseer" and "david" 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 "overseer" and "david" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.