Psalms 54:1
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, “Is David not hiding among us?” Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
In Context
2Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
Cross References
Exodus 23:21Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
2 Chronicles 20:6and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
Psalms 26:1Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Psalms 48:10Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
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 →