Psalms 54:1-6

1 God, save me because of who you are. By your strength show that I am innocent.

2 Hear my prayer, God; listen to what I say.

3 Strangers turn against me, and cruel men want to kill me. They do not care about God.Selah

4 See, God will help me; the Lord will support me.

5 Let my enemies be punished with their own evil. Destroy them because you are loyal to me.

6 I will offer a sacrifice as a special gift to you. I will thank you, Lord, because you are good.

Psalms 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.