54:1 [For the music director; on stringed instruments. A ①Maskil of David, ②when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is David not keeping himself hidden among us?”]
Save me, God, by Your name,
And ③vindicate me by Your power.
▷ ①Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm ②1 Sam 23:19; 26:1 ③Lit judge
54:2 Hear my prayer, God;
Listen to the words of my mouth.
54:3 For strangers have risen against me
And violent men have sought my ①life;
They have not set God before them. Selah
▷ ①Or soul
54:4 Behold, God is my helper;
The Lord is ①the sustainer of my soul.
▷ ①Lit as those who sustain
54:5 ①He will pay back the evil to my enemies;
②Destroy them in Your ③faithfulness.
▷ ①LXX; MT The evil will return ②Or Put to silence ③Or truth
54:6 ①Willingly I will sacrifice to You;
I will praise Your name, LORD, for it is good.
▷ ①Or With a voluntary offering
54:7 For ①He has saved me from all ②trouble,
And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.
▷ ①Or it; i.e., His name ②Or distress