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”

Psalm 54

Contemporary English Version

(For the music leader. Use with stringed instruments. A special psalm that David wrote when the people of Ziph went to Saul and said, “David is hiding here with us.”)

Trusting God in Times of Trouble

¹^(A) Save me, God, by your power
    and prove that I am right.
²Listen to my prayer
    and hear what I say.
³Cruel strangers have attacked
    and want me dead.
Not one of them cares
    about you.

⁴You will help me, Lord God,
    and keep me from falling;
⁵you will punish my enemies
    for their evil deeds.
Be my faithful friend
    and destroy them.

⁶I will bring a gift
and offer a sacrifice
    to you, Lord.
I will praise your name
    because you are good.
⁷You have rescued me
    from all my troubles,
and my own eyes have seen
    my enemies fall.

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