Psalm 54
1599 Geneva Bible
54 1 David brought into great danger by reason of the Ziphites, 5 Calleth upon the Name of God to destroy his enemies, 6 Promising sacrifices and free offerings for so great deliverance.
To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalm of David, to give instruction. When the Ziphims came and said unto Saul, (A)Is not David hid among us?
1 Save me, O God, [a]by thy Name, and by thy power judge me.
2 O God, hear my prayer: hearken unto the words of my mouth.
3 For [b]strangers are risen up against me, and [c]tyrants seek my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with [d]them that uphold my soul.
5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: Oh cut them off in thy [e]truth!
6 Then I will sacrifice [f]freely unto thee: I will praise thy Name, O Lord, because it is good.
7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble, and mine eye hath [g]seen my desire upon mine enemies.
Footnotes
- Psalm 54:1 He declareth that when all means do fail, God will deliver even as it were by miracle, them that call unto him with an upright conscience.
- Psalm 54:3 To wit, the Ziphims.
- Psalm 54:3 Saul and his army, which were like cruel beasts, and could not be satisfied but by his death.
- Psalm 54:4 Be they never so few, as he was with Jonathan.
- Psalm 54:5 According to thy faithful promise for my defense.
- Psalm 54:6 For hypocrites serve God for fear or upon conditions.
- Psalm 54:7 We may lawfully rejoice for God’s judgments against the wicked, if our affections be pure.
1 Samuel 23:19-25
1599 Geneva Bible
19 ¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself by us in holds, in the wood in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right side [a]of Jeshimon?
20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to all that thine heart can desire, and our part shall be to deliver him into the King’s hands.
21 Then Saul said, [b]Be ye blessed of the Lord: for ye have had compassion on me.
22 Go, I pray you, and prepare ye yet better: know and see his place where he [c]haunteth, and who hath seen him there: for it is said to me, He is subtle, and crafty.
23 See therefore and know all the secret places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and if he be in the [d]land, I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
24 Then they arose and went to Ziph before Saul, but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the right hand of Jeshimon.
25 Saul also and his men went to seek him, and they told David: wherefore he came down unto a rock, and abode in the wilderness of [e]Maon. And when Saul heard that, he followed after David in the wilderness of Maon.
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- 1 Samuel 23:19 Or, of the wilderness.
- 1 Samuel 23:21 The Lord recompense this friendship.
- 1 Samuel 23:22 Hebrew, where his foot hath been.
- 1 Samuel 23:23 In your country of Ziph, which is in Judah.
- 1 Samuel 23:25 Which was also in the tribe of Judah, Josh. 15:55.
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