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Psalm 54
New King James Version

Answered Prayer for Deliverance from Adversaries

To the Chief Musician. With [a]stringed instruments. A [b]Contemplation of David (A)when the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding with us?”

54 Save me, O God, by Your name,
And vindicate me by Your strength.
2 Hear my prayer, O God;
Give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers have risen up against me,
And oppressors have sought after my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah

4 Behold, God is my helper;
The Lord is with those who [c]uphold my life.
5 He will repay my enemies for their evil.
[d]Cut them off in Your [e]truth.

6 I will freely sacrifice to You;
I will praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
7 For He has delivered me out of all trouble;
(B)And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 54:1 Heb. neginoth
  2. Psalm 54:1 Heb. Maschil
  3. Psalm 54:4 sustain my soul
  4. Psalm 54:5 Destroy them
  5. Psalm 54:5 Or faithfulness
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Psalm 54
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Psalm 54[a]

Confident Prayer in Great Peril

1 For the leader. On stringed instruments. A maskil of David, 2 when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “David is hiding among us.”(A)

I

3 O God, by your name[b] save me.
    By your strength defend my cause.
4 O God, hear my prayer.
    Listen to the words of my mouth.
5 Strangers have risen against me;
    the ruthless seek my life;
    they do not keep God before them.(B)
Selah

II

6 God is present as my helper;(C)
    the Lord sustains my life.
7 Turn back the evil upon my foes;
    in your faithfulness, destroy them.(D)
8 Then I will offer you generous sacrifice
    and give thanks to your name, Lord, for it is good.
9 Because it has rescued me from every trouble,
    and my eyes look down on my foes.(E)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 54 A lament in which the person under attack calls directly upon God for help (Ps 54:3–5). Refusing to despair, the psalmist hopes in God, who is active in history and just (Ps 54:6–7). The Psalm ends with a serene promise to return thanks (Ps 54:8–9).
  2. 54:3 By your name: one is present in one’s name, hence God as revealed to human beings.
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