Psalms 54:4
\54:2\Let my prayer come before you, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
In Context
3\54:1\Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:18Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.
Psalms 41:12\41:11\By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.
Psalms 118:13I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.
Isaiah 42:1See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.
Romans 8:31What may we say about 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 →