Psalm 54: Save Me, O God, By Thy Name
A short cry for rescue from oppressors that ends in confident praise.
Psalm 54 is David's brief plea, 'Save me, O God, by thy name,' spoken while strangers and oppressors rise up against him without regard for God, continuing the same danger described in Psalms 53.
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!
Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah
Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.