psalm

The Lord Upholds My Life

To the choirmaster: with (A)stringed instruments. A Maskil[a] of David, (B)when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”

54 
O God, save me by your ©name,
and vindicate me by your might.
O God, (D)hear my prayer;
give ear to the words of my mouth.

(E)For (F)strangers[b] have risen against me;
ruthless men (G)seek my life;
they do not set God before themselves. Selah

Behold, (H)God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life.
He will return the evil to my enemies;
in your (I)faithfulness (J)put an end to them.

With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;
I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, (K)for it is good.
For he has delivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has (L)looked in triumph on my enemies.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 54:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 54:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Targum insolent men (compare Psalm 86:14)