NASB Psalms 54 KJV; Red Letter NT, Cross References, Translation Footnotes, Strong's Concordance Numbers

NASB — Psalms 54 — KJV

Prayer for Defense against Enemies.

For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A †Maskil of David, ‡when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?”

  1 Save° me, O God°, by aYour name°,
  And Ivindicate° me by bYour power°.
  2 aHear° my prayer°, O God°;
  bGive° ear° to the words° of my mouth°.
  3 For strangers° have arisen° against° me
  And bviolent° men° have csought° my Ilife°;
  They have dnot set° God° before° them.
      IISelah°.

[1] †Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm ‡1S 23:19; 26:1 ILit judge a Ps 20:1 b 2Ch 20:6
[2] a Ps 17:6; 55:1 b Ps 5:1
[3] IOr soul IISelah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude a Ps 86:14 b Ps 18:48; 86:14; 140:1, 4, 11 c 1S 20:1; 25:29; Ps 40:14; 63:9; 70:2 d Ps 36:1

  4 ¶ Behold°, aGod° is my helper°;
  The Lord° is Ithe bsustainer° of my soul°.
  5 IHe will arecompense° the evil° to IImy foes°;
  III bDestroy° them cin Your IVfaithfulness°.

[4] ILit as those who sustain a Ps 30:10; 37:40; 118:7 b Ps 37:17, 24; 41:12; 51:12; 145:14; Is 41:10
[5] ILit The evil will return IIOr those who lie in wait for me IIIOr Put to silence IVOr truth a Ps 94:23 b Ps 143:12 c Ps 89:49; 96:13; Is 42:3

  6 ¶ I aWillingly° I will sacrifice° to You;
  I will give° bthanks° to Your name°, O LORD°, for it is good°.
  7 For IHe has adelivered° me from all° IItrouble°,
  And my eye° has blooked° [with satisfaction] upon my enemies°.

[6] IOr With a freewill offering a Nu 15:3; Ps 116:17 b Ps 50:14
[7] IOr it; i.e. His name IIOr distress a Ps 34:6 b Ps 59:10; 92:11; 112:8; 118:7

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David, complaining of the Ziphims, prayeth for salvation.

1 ¶ [[To the chief Musicianº ª on Neginoth,º Maschil,º ª [A Psalm] of David,º when the Ziphimsº cameº ª and saidº ª to Saul,º Doth not² Davidº hide¹ ª himself² with² us?]] Saveº ª me, O God,º by thy name,º and judgeº ª me by thy strength.º 2 Hearº ª my prayer,º O God;º give earº ª to the wordsº of my mouth.º 3 For² strangersº ª are risen upº ª against² me, and oppressorsº seek¹ ª after² my soul:º they have not² setº ª Godº before² them. Selah.º

[1] Ps 26:1; 43:1; 99:4; Pv 23:11; Jr 50:34.
[2] Ps 5:1; 13:3; 55:1; 130:2; 143:7.
[3] Jb 19:13; Ps 16:8; 22:16; 36:1; 53:4; 59:3; 69:8; 86:14; Mt 27:20; Jn 16:3.

Upon his confidence in God's help he promiseth sacrifice.

4 Behold,² Godº [is] mine helper:º ª the Lordº [is] with them that upholdº ª my soul.º 5 He shall rewardº ª ª ª evilº unto mine enemies:º ª cut them offº ª in thy truth.º 6 I will freelyº sacrificeº ª unto thee: I will praiseº ª thy name,º O LORD;º for² [it is] good.º 7 For² he hath deliveredº ª me out of all² ² trouble:º and mine eyeº hath seenº ª [his desire] upon mine enemies.º ª

[4] 1Ch 12:18; Ps 118:6, 13; Is 41:10; 42:1; 50:7; Ro 8:31; He 13:6.
[5] Ps 5:8; 27:11; 31:23; 89:49; 137:8; 143:1, 12; 2Ti 4:14; Rv 18:6.
[6] Dt 12:6; Ps 7:17; 21:13; 52:9; 66:13; 92:1; 107:22; 116:17; 140:13; 147:1.
[7] Gn 48:16; 1S 26:24; 2S 4:9; Ps 34:19; 37:34; 58:10; 59:10; 91:8; 92:11; 112:8; 2Ti 4:18.

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