Psalm 54

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 54

Prayer for Deliverance

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil. When the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?”^(A)

¹God, save me by Your name,
and vindicate me by Your might!^(B)
²God, hear my prayer;
listen to the words of my mouth.^(C)
³For strangers rise up against me,
and violent men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.^[a]^(D)Selah

⁴God is my helper;
the Lord is the sustainer of my life.^[b]^(E)
⁵He will repay my adversaries for their evil.
Because of Your faithfulness, annihilate them.^(F)

⁶I will sacrifice a freewill offering to You.^(G)
I will praise Your name, Yahweh,
because it is good.^(H)
⁷For He has delivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has looked down on my enemies.^(I)

Footnotes

Psalm 54:3 Lit They do not set God before them
Psalm 54:4 Or is with those who sustain my life

Psalm 54

International Standard Version

To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction,^[a] when the Ziphites came and told Saul, “David is hiding among us, is he not?”

A Prayer in Times of Trouble

54 God, by your name deliver me,
    and by your power vindicate me.
²God, listen to my prayer,
    and pay attention to the words of my mouth.
³For the arrogant have arisen against me;
    oppressors have sought to take my life.
They do not keep God in mind!^[b]
Interlude

⁴Look, God is my helper;
the Lord is with those who are guarding my life.
⁵He will turn the evil upon those who lie in wait for me.
Cut them off with your truth.

⁶With a free will offering I will sacrifice to you;
    I will give thanks to your name, Lord,
        because it is good,
⁷for he has delivered me from every trouble,
    and my eyes have seen the end of^[c] my enemies.

Footnotes

Psalm 54:1 Lit. maskil
Psalm 54:3 Lit. before them
Psalm 54:7 The Heb. lacks the end of

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

International Standard Version (ISV)

Psalm 54 Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 54

Prayer for Deliverance

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil. When the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?”(A)

Footnotes

Cross references

Psalm 54 International Standard Version

To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction,[a] when the Ziphites came and told Saul, “David is hiding among us, is he not?”

A Prayer in Times of Trouble

Footnotes

Psalm 54

Holman Christian Standard Bible

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil. When the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?”^(A)

Psalm 54

International Standard Version

To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction,^[a] when the Ziphites came and told Saul, “David is hiding among us, is he not?”