Psalms 54:3
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2When the men of Ziph had come and said to Saul: Is not David hidden with us?
4O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 16:8I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
Psalms 22:16My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.
Psalms 40:14Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to help me.
Psalms 53:4All have gone aside, they are become unprofitable together, there is none that doth good, no not one.
Psalms 69:8Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people, that they should ask Barabbas, and make Jesus away.
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 →