For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil^b of David. When the Ziphites^d had gone to Saul and said, “Is not David hiding among us?”

¹Save me^e, O God, by your name;^f

vindicate me by your might.^g

²Hear my prayer, O God;^h

listen to the words of my mouth.

³Arrogant foes are attacking me;ⁱ

ruthless people^j are trying to kill me^k—

people without regard for God.^c^l

⁴Surely God is my help;^m

the Lord is the one who sustains me.ⁿ

⁵Let evil recoil^o on those who slander me;

in your faithfulness^p destroy them.

⁶I will sacrifice a freewill offering^q to you;

I will praise^r your name, Lord, for it is good.^s

⁷You have delivered me^t from all my troubles,

and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.^u

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Footnotes

aIn Hebrew texts 54:1–7 is numbered 54:3–9.
bTitle: Probably a literary or musical term
cThe Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Cross references

d 1 Sa 23:19; 26:1
eSee 1 Sa 24:15
f Ps 20:1
g 2 Ch 20:6
hSee Ps 4:1; 5:1; 55:1
i Ps 86:14
j Ps 18:48; 140:1, 4, 11
kSee 1 Sa 20:1
l Ps 36:1
mSee 1 Ch 5:20; See Ps 20:2
nSee Ps 18:35
oSee Dt 32:35; Ps 94:23; Pr 24:12
p Ps 89:49; Isa 42:3
qSee Lev 7:12, 16; See Ezr 1:4; See Ps 27:6
r Ps 44:8; 69:30; 138:2; 142:7; 145:1
s Ps 52:9
t Ps 34:6
u Ps 59:10; 92:11; 112:8; 118:7