Psalms 54:2
בְּבוֹא הַזִּיפִים וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְשָׁאוּל הֲלֹא דָוִד מִסְתַּתֵּר עִמָּֽנוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
In Context
1לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינֹת מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִֽד ׃
3אֱלֹהִים בְּשִׁמְךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי וּבִגְבוּרָתְךָ תְדִינֵֽנִי ׃
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:19וַיַּעֲלוּ זִפִים אֶל ־ שָׁאוּל הַגִּבְעָתָה לֵאמֹר הֲלוֹא דָוִד מִסְתַּתֵּר עִמָּנוּ בַמְּצָדוֹת בַּחֹרְשָׁה בְּגִבְעַת הַֽחֲכִילָה אֲשֶׁר מִימִין הַיְשִׁימֽוֹן ׃
Psalms 5:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ אֶֽל ־ הַנְּחִילוֹת מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃
Psalms 55:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינֹת מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִֽד ׃
Psalms 143:7מַהֵר עֲנֵנִי ׀ יְהוָה כָּלְתָה רוּחִי אַל ־ תַּסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי וְנִמְשַׁלְתִּי עִם ־ יֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר ׃
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 →