1<To the chief music-maker. Of David. To keep in memory.> Let your salvation come quickly, O God; come quickly to my help, O Lord. 2Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish. 3Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward of their shame. 4Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be great. 5But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.
Matthew Henry's Commentary
The speedy destruction of the wicked, and the preservation of the godly. - This psalm is almost the same as the last five verses of #Ps 40|. While here we behold Jesus Christ set forth in poverty and distress, we also see him denouncing just and fearful punishment on his Jewish, heathen, and antichristian enemies; and pleading for the joy and happiness of his friends, to his Father's honour. Let us apply these things to our own troubled circumstances, and in a believing manner bring them, and the sinful causes thereof, to our remembrance. Urgent trials should always awake fervent prayers.