Psalm 54 54 Psalms Book 2 unfoldingWord® Literal Text Save Me by Your Name (1 Samuel 23:7–29)
1 ULT Save me, God, by your name, and vindicate me by your might. BSB BSB: 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!
2 ULT Hear my prayer, God; listen to the words of my mouth. BSB BSB: Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
3 ULT For foreigners have arisen against me, and violent{ ones} seek my life. They do not set God before them. Selah BSB BSB: For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
4 ULT Behold, God is a helper to me; the Lord{ is} with the sustainers of my life. BSB BSB: Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
5 ULT He will return harm to my enemies. In your faithfulness, destroy them! BSB BSB: He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
6 ULT With a freewill offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will praise your name, Yahweh, for{ it is} good. BSB BSB: Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
7 ULT For he delivers me from every trouble, and my eye looks at my enemies. BSB BSB: For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.
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