Psalm 5454PsalmsBook 2Catholic Public Domain Version

Catholic Public Domain VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. Save Me by Your Name

   (1 Samuel 23:7–29)

2. 1CPDVUnto the end. In verses, the understanding of David, when the Ziphites had arrived and they said to Saul, “Has not David been hidden with us?” Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me in your virtue.BSBBSB: For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, “Is David not hiding among us?” Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!
3. 2CPDVO God, listen to my prayer. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.BSBBSB: Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
4. 3CPDVFor strangers have risen up against me, and the strong have sought my soul. And they have not set God before their eyes.BSBBSB: For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
5. 4CPDVFor behold, God is my helper, and the Lord is the protector of my soul.BSBBSB: Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
6. 5CPDVTurn back the evils upon my adversaries, and ruin them by your truth.BSBBSB: He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
7. 6CPDVI will freely sacrifice to you, and I will confess your name, O God, because it is good.BSBBSB: Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
8. 7CPDVFor you have quickly rescued me from all tribulation, and my eye has looked down upon my enemies.BSBBSB: For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

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