Psalms 54:1
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy might.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
In Context
2Hear my prayer, O God. Give ear to the words of my mouth.
Cross References
Exodus 23:21Take ye heed before him, and hearken to his voice, provoke him not. For he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
2 Chronicles 20:6And he said, O LORD, the God of our fathers, are thou not God in heaven? And are thou not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? And in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.
Psalms 26:1Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in LORD without wavering.
Psalms 48:10As is thy name, O God, so is thy praise to the ends of the earth. Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalms 99:4The king's strength also loves justice. Thou establish equity. Thou execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 54:1
The key of this psalm hangs at the door, for the title tells us upon what occasion it was penned—when the inhabitants of Ziph, men of Judah (types of Judas the traitor), betrayed David to Saul, by informing him where he was and putting him in a way how to seize him. This they did twice ( 1 Sam. xxiii. 19 ; xxvi. 1 ), and it is upon record to their everlasting infamy. The psalm is sweet; the former part of it, perhaps, was meditated when he was in his distress and put into writing when the danger was over, with the… Read the whole commentary →