Salmi 54:2-7

2 O Dio, ascolta la mia preghiera, porgi orecchio alle parole della mia bocca!

3 Poiché degli stranieri si son levati contro a me e de’ violenti cercano l’anima mia. Essi non tengono Iddio presente innanzi a loro. Sela.

4 Ecco, Iddio e colui che m’aiuta; il Signore è fra quelli che sostengon l’anima mia.

5 Egli farà ricadere il male sopra i miei nemici. Nella tua fedeltà, distruggili!

6 Con animo volonteroso io t’offrirò sacrifizi; celebrerò il tuo nome, o Eterno, perch’esso è buono;

7 perché m’ha liberato da ogni distretta, e l’occhio mio ha visto sui miei nemici quel che desideravo.

Salmi 54:2-7 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.