Psalms 54:2
O God! Hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
In Context
1O God! by thine own Name, save me, And, by thine own strength, wilt thou vindicate me?
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:19Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,—Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon?
Psalms 5:1To my words, give ear, O Yahweh, Understand thou my softly murmured prayer:
Psalms 55:1Give ear, O God, to my prayer, And do not hide thyself from my supplication:
Psalms 143:7Speedily answer me, O Yahweh, My spirit faileth,—Do not hide thy face from me, or I shall be made like unto them who go down into 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 →