Psalm 70:1-5 “For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD. Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. Let them be turned because of their shame who say, ‘Aha! Aha!’ Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, ‘Let God be exalted!’ But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. LORD, don’t delay.”

“A reminder” is literally “to bring to remembrance.” It is believed that this prayer would accompany a memorial offering, serving as a “reminder” to God that we need help! Think of it as knocking on the door more than once. And that may be a good reminder for us from this Psalm. It covers many of the ideas we’ve seen before, regarding salvation from our enemies and them being put to shame. But it also encourages us to be persistent in prayer.

Luke 18:1-5 “He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up, saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God and didn’t respect man. A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’ He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’ ”

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