Psalms 54:2
Hear my prayer, O God. Give ear to the words of my mouth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
In Context
1Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy might.
Cross References
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?
Psalms 5:1Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my meditation.
Psalms 55:1Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Psalms 143:7Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 54:2-4
Complaints. 1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. 2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. We may observe here, 1. The great distress that David was now in, which the title gives an account of. The Ziphim came of their own accord, and informed Saul where David was, with a promise to deliver him into his hand. One would have thought that when David had… Read the whole commentary →