A Chiasm in Psalm 70: Those Who Love Your Yeshua

A chiasm in Psalm 70 contrasts those who hunt after God’s anointed, David, with those who seek after God.

• V1 – Prayer for quick deliverance
• V2-3 – Those who speak their own triumph in attacking God’s anointed will turn away empty handed because they have been defeated.
• V4 – Those who speak glory to God will rejoice in their deliverance (Yeshua).
• V5 – Prayer for quick deliverance

The Hebrew word for deliverance (or salvation, depending on your translation) is Yeshua, the Hebrew name of Jesus.

Some implications of this Psalm & chiasm:

• Those who act in pride will be shamed and disappointed, while those who act in humility will rejoice and be delivered.
• One cannot simultaneously seek God’s glory and one’s own.
• One cannot simultaneously love Yeshua and hate Yeshua’s anointed.
• Speaking against God’s anointed is the same as speaking against God.
• If you love Yeshua & seek God's glory, then those who seek to destroy you make themselves to be enemies of God as well.