Psalm 54

The Lord Upholds My Life

54To the choirmaster: with ^tstringed instruments. A Maskil¹ of David, ^uwhen the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”

¹O God, save me by your ^vname,

and vindicate me by your might.

²O God, ^whear my prayer;

give ear to the words of my mouth.

^3xFor ^ystrangers² have risen against me;

ruthless men ^zseek my life;

they do not set God before themselves. Selah

⁴Behold, ^aGod is my helper;

the Lord is the upholder of my life.

⁵He will return the evil to my enemies;

in your ^bfaithfulness ^cput an end to them.

⁶With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;

I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, ^dfor it is good.

⁷For he has delivered me from every trouble,

and my eye has ^elooked in triumph on my enemies.