Psalms 54:2
When the men of Ziph had come and said to Saul: Is not David hidden with us?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
In Context
1Unto the end, In verses, understanding for David.
3Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites went up to Saul in Gabaa, saying: Lo, doth not David lie hid with us in the strong holds of the wood, in mount Hachila, which is on the right hand of the desert.
Psalms 5:1Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A psalm of David.
Psalms 55:1Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.
Psalms 143:7Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
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 →