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Psalm 70:1–3

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1–370God! Please hurry to my rescue!

God, come quickly to my side!

Those who are out to get me—

let them fall all over themselves.

Those who relish my downfall—

send them down a blind alley.

Give them a taste of their own medicine,

those gossips off clucking their tongues.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Make haste, O God, to deliver me!

O Lord, make haste to help me!

Let them be put to shame and confusion

who seek my life!

Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor

who delight in my hurt!

Let them turn back because of their shame

who say, “Aha, Aha!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Hasten, O God, to save me;

come quickly, Lord, to help me.

May those who want to take my life

be put to shame and confusion;

may all who desire my ruin

be turned back in disgrace.

May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”

turn back because of their shame.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God, hurry to rescue me.

Lord, hurry to help me!

Let those who seek to kill me

be disgraced and confounded;

let those who wish me harm

be turned back and humiliated.

Let those who say, “Aha, aha!”

retreat because of their shame.

NLTNew Living Translation

Please, God, rescue me!

Come quickly, Lord, and help me.

May those who try to kill me

be humiliated and put to shame.

May those who take delight in my trouble

be turned back in disgrace.

Let them be horrified by their shame,

for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

O God, make haste to deliver me.

O Yahweh, make haste to help me.

Let them be ashamed and abashed

who seek my life.

Let them be repulsed and humiliated

who desire my harm.

let them turn back because of their shame,

those who say, “Aha! Aha!”

KJV 1900King James Version

Make haste, O God, to deliver me;

Make haste to help me, O Lord.

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul:

Let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame

That say, Aha, aha.