Psalm 54

Modern English Version

Psalm 54

For the Music Director. With stringed instruments. A Contemplative Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is David not hiding among us?”

¹O God, save me by Your name,
and judge me by Your strength.
²O God, hear my prayer;
give ear to the words of my mouth.

³For strangers rise up against me,
and formidable adversaries seek my life;
they do not set God before them. Selah

⁴God is my helper;
the Lord is with those who support my life.

⁵He will repay my enemies for their evil.
In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

⁶I will sacrifice a freewill offering to You;
I will give thanks to Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
⁷For He has delivered me out of all trouble;
and my eye has looked down on my enemies.

Psalm 54

Lexham English Bible

Answered Prayer for Deliverance from Adversaries

For the music director, with stringed instruments.

A maskil of David,

when the Ziphites went and said to Saul,

“Is not David hiding himself among us?”^[a]

54 O God, by your name save me,
and by your power vindicate me.
²O God, hear my prayer;
heed the words of my mouth.
³For foreigners have risen against me,
and ruthless men seek my life.
They have not set God before them. Selah
⁴See, God is my helper;
The Lord is with those who sustain my life.^[b]
⁵He will repay^[c] my enemies for their^[d] evil;
in your faithfulness destroy them.
⁶I will freely sacrifice to you;
I will give thanks to your name,
O Yahweh, because it is good.
⁷Because he has delivered me from all trouble,
and my eye has looked with satisfaction on my enemies.

Footnotes

Psalm 54:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
Psalm 54:4 Or “The Lord is the sustainer of my life.”
Psalm 54:5 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
Psalm 54:5 Hebrew “the”

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Psalm 54 Modern English Version