Many times in the Psalms we find this prayer repeated, "O Lord, make haste to help me." (Psalm 40:13; Psalm 38:22; Psalm 70:1)
It is a prayer inspired by the Spirit of God, and therefore is equal to a statement of what God will surely do. Let this then be a comforting assurance to those who say that Satan springs temptations on them unawares, and they fall into sin before they think. God is certainly quicker, as He is more powerful than Satan, and: "[He is] not far from every one of us." (Acts 17:27)
It is by the word of His lips that we keep ourselves from the paths of the destroyer,122 and, "His word runs very swiftly." (Psalm 147:15)
Thus: "[He] is able to keep you from falling." (Jude 1:24)--Present Truth, September 12, 1901--Psalm 40:13.