Psalm 54

Psalm 54

Prayer for Vindication

To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “David is in hiding among us.”

¹Save me, O God, by your name,

and vindicate me by your might.^*

²Hear my prayer, O God;

give ear to the words of my mouth.^*

³For the insolent have risen against me;

the ruthless seek my life;

they do not set God before them.   Selah^*

⁴But surely, God is my helper;

the Lord is the upholder ofⁱ my life.^*

⁵He will repay my enemies for their evil.

In your faithfulness, put an end to them.^*

⁶With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;

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

⁷For he has delivered me from every trouble,

and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.^*