Psalms 54:1
For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
In Context
2Hearken, O God, to my prayer; 1 And disregard not my supplication. 1
Cross References
Exodus 23:21Take heed to thyself and hearken to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to thee, for my name is on him.
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 Caene in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon?
2 Chronicles 20:6And he said, O Lord God of my fathers, art not thou God in heaven above, and art not thou Lord of all the kingdoms of the nations? and is there not in thy hand the might of dominion, and there is no one who can resist thee?
Psalms 26:1A Psalm of David, before he was anointed. 1 The Lord is my light and my Savior; whom shall I fear? 1 The Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 1
Psalms 48:10and live to the end, 1 So that he should not see corruption. 1
Psalms 99:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, 1 And his courts with hymns; 1 Give thanks to him, praise his name. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 54:1
The key of this psalm hangs at the door, for the title tells us upon what occasion it was penned—when the inhabitants of Ziph, men of Judah (types of Judas the traitor), betrayed David to Saul, by informing him where he was and putting him in a way how to seize him. This they did twice ( 1 Sam. xxiii. 19 ; xxvi. 1 ), and it is upon record to their everlasting infamy. The psalm is sweet; the former part of it, perhaps, was meditated when he was in his distress and put into writing when the danger was over, with the… Read the whole commentary →