Psalms 54:4
Behold, God is my helper. LORD is of those who uphold my soul.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
In Context
5He will requite the evil to my enemies. Destroy thou them in thy truth.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:18Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, [and he said], We are thine, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to thee, and peace be to thy helpers, for thy God helps thee. Then David receive
Psalms 41:12And as for me, thou uphold me in my integrity, and set me before thy face forever.
Psalms 118:13Thou thrusted greatly at me that I might fall, but LORD helped me.
Isaiah 42:1Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Romans 8:31What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
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 →