Psalms 54:4
Because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: 1 For they brought iniquity against me, 1 And were wrathfully angry with me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
In Context
3Attend to me, and hearken to me: 1 I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled; 1
5My heart was troubled within me; 1 And the fear of death fell upon me. 1
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:18And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If ye are come peaceably to me, let my heart be at peace with you: but if ye are come to betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your fathers look upon it, and reprove it.
Psalms 41:12Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? 1 Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; 1 He is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 118:13With my lips have I declared 1 All the judgments of thy mouth. 1
Isaiah 42:1Jacob is my servant, I will help him: Israel is my chosen, my soul has accepted him; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
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 →