1Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might!
2Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
3For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah
4Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
5He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
6Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
7For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Psalms 54
The key of this psalm hangs at the door, for the title tells us upon what occasion it was penned—when the inhabitants of Ziph, men of Judah (types of Judas the traitor), betrayed David to Saul, by informing him where he was and putting him in a way how to seize him. This they did twice (1 Sam. xxiii. 19; xxvi. 1), and…
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