Psalms 54:2
Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
In Context
1For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David.
3Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled;
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Cæne in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jessæmon?
Psalms 5:1For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits.
Psalms 55:1For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the + 55:1 Or, holy things.sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Geth.
Psalms 143:7Send forth thine hand from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of great + 143:7 Gr. many.waters, out of the hand of strange children;
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 →