Psalms 54:1
“For the leader of the music. To be sung on stringed instruments A psalm of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?” Save me, O God! by thy name, And by thy strength defend my cause!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
In Context
2O God! hear my prayer, Give ear to the words of my mouth!
Cross References
Psalms 26:1“A psalm of David.” Be thou my judge, O LORD! for I have walked in uprightness. I have put my trust in the LORD, therefore shall I not fall.
Psalms 48:10As thy name, O God! so thy praise, extendeth to the ends of the earth; Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalms 99:4Let them declare the glory of the King who loveth justice! Thou hast established equity; Thou dost execute justice 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 →