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PSALM 54
God Is My Helper
For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A #54:1 see title: Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful PsalmMaskil of David. #54:1 see title: 1 Sam 23:19; 26:1When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?”
1O God, save me by Your name,
And render justice to me by Your might.
2O God, hear my prayer;
Give ear to the words of my mouth.
3For strangers have risen against me
And ruthless men have sought my #54:3 Or soullife;
They have not set God before them. #54:3 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical InterludeSelah.
4¶Behold, God is my helper;
The Lord is among those who sustain my soul.
5He will return the evil to my foes;
Destroy them in Your truth.
6¶With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You;
I will give thanks to Your name, O Yahweh, for it is good.
7For #54:7 His name; or itHe has delivered me from all #54:7 Or troubledistress,
And my eye has looked in triumph upon my enemies.
