Psalms 54
For the music leader. With stringed instruments. A maskilPerhaps instruction; it also appears in Pss 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, 142; cf 47:7; the root is used in Ps 32:8. of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Isn’t David hiding among us?
1God! Save me by your name; defend me by your might!2God! Hear my prayer; listen to the words of my mouth!
3The proud have come up against me; violent people want me dead. They pay no attention to God. Selah
4But look here: God is my helper; my Lord sustains my life.
5He will bring disaster on my opponents. By your faithfulness, God, destroy them!
6I will sacrifice to you freely; I will give thanks to your name, LORD, because it’s so good,
7and because God has delivered me from every distress. My eyes have seen my enemies’ defeat.