What is the context?
The speaker calls for immediate help against people who seek his life and gloat over his distress. Their shame is contrasted with joy for those who seek God’s salvation.
The final line again names the speaker as poor and needy and asks the deliverer not to delay. The prayer ends still needing help.
Its close resemblance to Psalm 40’s ending allows the shorter prayer to be heard as a concentrated appeal in its own right. Repeated need does not make the words insincere.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley’s printed text preserves the urgency of the whole prayer. Reading it beside Psalm 40:13–17 makes the shared appeals and praise visible without requiring an unsupported account of which historical moment produced each form.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.
Where can I study this further?
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