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Psalm 54:1-3
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)

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3 O God, by your name[b] save me.
    By your strength defend my cause.

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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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