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Psalm 54:1-2
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The Lord Upholds My Life

To the choirmaster: with (A)stringed instruments. A Maskil[a] of David, (B)when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”

54 O God, save me by your (C)name,
    and vindicate me by your might.
2 O God, (D)hear my prayer;
    give ear to the words of my mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 54:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
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Psalm 54:3-5
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3 (A)For (B)strangers[a] have risen against me;
    ruthless men (C)seek my life;
    they do not set God before themselves. Selah

4 Behold, (D)God is my helper;
    the Lord is the upholder of my life.
5 He will return the evil to my enemies;
    in your (E)faithfulness (F)put an end to them.

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  1. Psalm 54:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Targum insolent men (compare Psalm 86:14)
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Psalm 54:7
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7 For he has delivered me from every trouble,
    and my eye has (A)looked in triumph on my enemies.

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