Psalms 54
54
Confident Prayer in Great Peril
1For the leader. On stringed instruments. A maskil of David, 2when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “David is hiding among us.”#1 Sm 23:19; 26:1.
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3O God, by your name#By your name: one is present in one’s name, hence God as revealed to human beings. save me.
By your strength defend my cause.
4O God, hear my prayer.
Listen to the words of my mouth.
5Strangers have risen against me;
the ruthless seek my life;
they do not keep God before them.#Ps 86:14.
Selah
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6God is present as my helper;#Ps 118:7.
the Lord sustains my life.
7Turn back the evil upon my foes;
in your faithfulness, destroy them.#Ps 143:12.
8Then I will offer you generous sacrifice
and give thanks to your name, Lord, for it is good.
9Because it has rescued me from every trouble,
and my eyes look down on my foes.#Ps 59:11; 91:8; 92:12.
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Psalms 54
54
A Prayer for Protection from Enemies#Ps 54 Hebrew title: A poem by David, after the men from Ziph went to Saul and told him that David was hiding in their territory.#1 Sam 23.19; 26.1
1Save me by your power, O God;
set me free by your might!
2Hear my prayer, O God;
listen to my words!
3Proud men are coming to attack me;
cruel men are trying to kill me —
men who do not care about God.
4But God is my helper.
The Lord is my defender.
5May God use their own evil to punish my enemies.
He will destroy them because he is faithful.
6I will gladly offer you a sacrifice, O LORD;
I will give you thanks
because you are good.
7You have rescued me from all my troubles,
and I have seen my enemies defeated.
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Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.