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Psalm 54:1

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54:1O God, deliver me by your name!1

Vindicate me2 by your power!

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Footnotes

  1. 1 God’s “name” refers here to his reputation and revealed character, which would instill fear in the psalmist’s enemies (see C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs, Psalms [], 2:).
  2. 2 The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

O God, save me by your name,

and vindicate me by your might.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Save me, O God, by your name;

vindicate me by your might.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God, save me by your name,

and vindicate me by your might!

NLTNew Living Translation

Come with great power, O God, and rescue me!

Defend me with your might.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

O God, by your name save me,

and by your power vindicate me.

KJV 1900King James Version

Save me, O God, by thy name,

And judge me by thy strength.