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Psalm 70: Hurry, O LORD, to Help Me!

Psalms 70:1–5

Psalm 70 is a short, urgent prayer. It moves quickly from calling for God’s help, to naming enemies, to describing people who seek God, and back to a personal cry for help.

6–10 years30 minutes

Before you teach

In these five verses, the speaker addresses God directly again and again. The prayer asks for quick rescue, speaks about people who want harm, contrasts them with people who seek God, and ends by calling God both helper and deliverer.

Learning aim

Students will identify the speaker, the repeated urgent language, the contrast between enemies and God’s people, and the psalm’s final statement of need and trust.

1

Welcome: Hear the urgent words

5 min

Begin by telling the group this is a prayer spoken straight to God. Read the whole psalm aloud once. Ask children to listen for repeated ideas such as quick help, trouble, and trust. Point out that the prayer starts and ends with urgency, so the whole psalm feels immediate.

Psalms 70:1, Psalms 70:5

2

Read and explain: Who is speaking and what do they ask?

8 min

Read verses 1 and 5 again. Help children notice the speaker says “me” and “I”, so this is a personal prayer. The speaker asks God to “hurry”, “come quickly”, and “don’t delay”. Explain that “deliver me” and “my deliverer” both show the speaker wants rescue from trouble.

Psalms 70:1, Psalms 70:5

3

Discuss the middle: Two different groups

6 min

Look at verses 2 to 4. One group seeks the speaker’s harm and says, “Aha! Aha!” Another group seeks God, rejoices, and says, “Let God be exalted!” Discuss how the psalm sets these groups side by side. The words show shame for the first group and joy for the second.

Psalms 70:2, Psalms 70:3, Psalms 70:4

4

Make and respond: Illustrated prayer card

7 min

Children make a small card with two sides. On one side, they draw or write words from the psalm that show need, such as “Hurry” or “I am poor and needy”. On the other, they draw or write words of trust and praise, such as “my help”, “my deliverer”, or “Let God be exalted!”

Psalms 70:1, Psalms 70:4, Psalms 70:5

5

Closing: Pray the shape of the psalm

4 min

Finish by reviewing the movement of the psalm: urgent request, words about trouble, words about people who seek God, and a final cry for help. Invite children to say one phrase from the psalm together. Remind them that this prayer speaks honestly about need while still calling God helper and deliverer.

Psalms 70:1, Psalms 70:2, Psalms 70:4, Psalms 70:5

Questions to explore

Which words show that the speaker wants God’s help straight away?

Listen for the repeated urgent phrases in the opening and closing verses, such as “Hurry”, “Come quickly”, and “don’t delay”.

Psalms 70:1, Psalms 70:5

What is the difference between the people in verses 2 to 3 and the people in verse 4?

One group wants the speaker’s ruin and mocks with “Aha! Aha!”, while the other seeks God, rejoices, and says, “Let God be exalted!”

Psalms 70:2, Psalms 70:3, Psalms 70:4

How does the speaker describe himself at the end, and what does he call God?

Verse 5 says, “I am poor and needy,” and then names God as “my help” and “my deliverer”.

Psalms 70:5

Make, think or respond

Illustrated Prayer or Image Card

What you’ll need

  • card or paper
  • pencils or markers
  • crayons
  • scissors

Try it together

  1. Fold a piece of card or paper in half.
  2. On the first side, write or copy a need phrase from the psalm, such as “Hurry, God” or “I am poor and needy”, and add a simple drawing.
  3. On the second side, write or copy a trust or praise phrase, such as “You are my help and my deliverer” or “Let God be exalted!”, and illustrate it.
  4. Invite each child to show which side reflects need and which side reflects trust or praise.

The card helps children see the movement in Psalm 70 from urgent need to words of trust and praise.

Adapt for your group

  • For younger children, offer two short phrases to copy and let them explain their drawing in their own words.
  • For older children, ask them to sort the psalm into four parts: request, enemies, seekers of God, and final trust.

An optional closing prayer

Suggested words: Dear God, when we need help, teach us to call to you honestly. Help us remember that you are our help and deliverer. Amen.

Read the Bible passage World English Bible Classic

Psalms 70

1 Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.

2 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

3 Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”

4 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!”

5 But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay.

World English Bible Classic. Public domain.

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