Psaume 54:1-6

1 Au maître-chantre. Cantique de David, avec les instruments à cordes;

2 Lorsque les Ziphiens vinrent dire à Saül: David n'est-il pas caché parmi nous?

3 O Dieu, sauve-moi par ton nom, et fais-moi justice par ta puissance!

4 O Dieu, écoute ma prière, prête l'oreille aux paroles de ma bouche!

5 Car des étrangers se sont élevés contre moi, et des hommes violents cherchent ma vie; ils n'ont point mis Dieu devant leurs yeux. Sélah (pause).

6 Voici, Dieu est mon aide, le Seigneur est parmi ceux

Psaume 54:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Of the word "neginoth," See Gill on "Ps 4:1," title; and of "maschil," See Gill on "Ps 32:1," title. The occasion of writing this psalm were the discoveries the Ziphims or Ziphites made to Saul of David being in their neighbourhood; which they did twice, as appears from 1 Samuel 23:14. Which of these gave occasion to the psalm is not certain; it is very likely that it was composed after both had been made. These Ziphims were the inhabitants of a city called Ziph, which was in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:55, near to which was a wilderness, which had its name from the city in which David was when they came to Saul with this news of him.