Psalm 70

Psalm 70 is only 5 verses long. It is so short because it is a psalm for those in a hurry. And we know that hurried people don't have time for long prayers or songs. The psalm is attributed to David, to whom is also ascribe some very long psalms. So which trait best describes David? Was he in a hurry or patiently seeking after God? I think he was patient most of the time. But sometimes found his patience wearing thin in God's timing.
Thee times in this psalm (verse 1 and twice in verse 5) David pleads with God to hurry. How did he ask that without testing God? Maybe it was the continual string of prayers that were not recorded before he wrote down these words. Perhaps we don't have a record of the prayer of submission that followed this psalm.
Did the young shepherd sing this while he picked up stones along the river bank. Did these words come to him while he waited on Jonathan's report of king Saul's intentions? Were these the words that he spoke under his breath as he frantically prepared to leave Jerusalem before Absolom arrived?
We don't know the setting. But in spite of David's time crunch he learned that God is always on time.
Stuart