Psalms 54:4
O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
In Context
3Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:18But the spirit came upon Amasai the chief among thirty, and he said: We are thine, O David, and for thee, O son of Isai: peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers. For thy God helpeth thee. So David received them, and made them captains of the band.
Psalms 41:12By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me : because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
Psalms 118:13Being pushed I was overturned that I might fall: but the Lord supported me.
Isaiah 42:1Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be 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 →