Psalms 54:2
Listen, O God, to my prayer, attend to the words of my mouth.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
In Context
1Save me, O God, by your name, by your power secure for me justice.
Cross References
Psalms 5:1Hear my words, Lord: give heed to my whisper.
Psalms 55:1Listen, God, to my prayer. Don’t hide yourself from my pleading.
Psalms 143:7Answer me soon, Lord, because my spirit is spent. Hide not your face from me, else become I like those who go down to the pit.
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 →