This opening invocation calling for God to make haste to deliver the psalmist establishes the psalm as a prayer of urgent petition in extremity. The emphasis on speed indicates that delay itself would be unbearable; the affliction is acute. The reference to being made to be put to shame establishes that the psalmist faces humiliation and degradation. This verse establishes the tone: desperate urgency grounded in trust that God can and will act swiftly.

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