Friday, October 18, 2013

Psalm 70

Psalm 70  It is not cited in the options for various Mass liturgies so no text is provided. "Psalm 70. An individual lament, almost identical with Psalm 40:14-18. It may have been an independent poem originally. The description of the psalmist's distress is very vague. He is persecuted by enemies who seek his life (3-4), and he seems to contrast himself ("afflicted," "poor," 6) with those who "seek" God (5). But his trust is in the Lord as his "help" and "deliverer."[1]


[1] Jerome Biblical Commentary, Prentice Hall, Inc., © 1968, 35:89, pp.589

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