Psalms 54:2
\54:1\When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Is not David keeping himself secret among us?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
In Context
1To the chief music-maker; on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.\
3\54:1\Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?
Psalms 5:1To the chief music-maker on wind instruments. A Psalm. Of David.
Psalms 55:1To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.
Psalms 143:7Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.
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 →