For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A ^†Maskil of David. ^•When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?”

¹O God, save me by ^aYour name,

And render justice to me by ^bYour might.

²^aO God, hear my prayer;

^bGive ear to the words of my mouth.

³For strangers have ^arisen against me

And ^bruthless men have ^csought my ¹life;

They have ^dnot set God before them. ²Selah.

⁴Behold, ^aGod is my helper;

The Lord is among those who ^bsustain my soul.

⁵He will ^areturn the evil to my foes;

^bDestroy them ^cin Your truth.

⁶^aWith a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You;

I will give ^bthanks to Your name, O Yahweh, for it is good.

⁷For ¹He has ^adelivered me from all ²distress,

And my eye has ^blooked in triumph upon my enemies.

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Footnotes

†Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm
1Or soul
2Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
1His name; or it
2Or trouble

Cross references

•1 Sam 23:19; 26:1
a Ps 20:1
b 2 Chr 20:6
a Ps 17:6; 55:1
b Ps 5:1
a Ps 86:14
b Ps 18:48; 86:14; 140:1, 4, 11
c 1 Sam 20:1; 25:29; Ps 40:14; 63:9; 70:2
d Ps 36:1
a Ps 30:10; 37:40; 118:7
b Ps 37:17, 24; 41:12; 51:12; 145:14; Is 41:10
a Ps 94:23
b Ps 143:12
c Ps 89:49; 96:13; Is 42:3
a Num 15:3; Ps 116:17
b Ps 50:14
a Ps 34:6
b Ps 59:10; 92:11; 112:8; 118:7