Psalms 54:3
\54:1\Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
2\54:1\When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Is not David keeping himself secret among us?
4\54:2\Let my prayer come before you, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 16:8I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
Psalms 22:16\22:15\My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
Psalms 40:14\40:13\Be pleased, O Lord, to take me out of danger; O Lord, come quickly and give me help.
Psalms 53:4\53:3\Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.
Psalms 69:8\69:7\I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.
Matthew 27:20Now the chief priests and those in authority got the people to make request for Barabbas, and for Jesus to be put to death.
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 →