Psalm 54:1-6

1 Salmo 54
Para el director del coro: salmo
de David, acerca de cuando los zifeos fueron a decirle a Saúl: «Sabemos dónde se esconde David». Acompáñese con instrumentos de cuerda.
¡Ven con tu gran poder, oh Dios, y rescátame!
Defiéndeme con tu poder.

2 Escucha mi oración, oh Dios;
presta atención a mi ruego.

3 Pues me atacan desconocidos;
gente violenta trata de matarme.
No les importa Dios en lo más mínimo.
Interludio

4 Pero Dios es mi ayudador;
¡el Señor me mantiene con vida!

5 Que los planes malvados de mis enemigos se tornen en su contra;
haz lo que prometiste y acaba con ellos.

6 Sacrificaré una ofrenda voluntaria a ti;
alabaré tu nombre,
porque es bueno, oh Señor
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Psalm 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.