Psaume 54:1-6

1 Au chef des chantres. Avec instruments à cordes. Cantique de David. Lorsque les Ziphiens vinrent dire à Saül: David n'est-il pas caché parmi nous? O Dieu! sauve-moi par ton nom, Et rends-moi justice par ta puissance!

2 O Dieu! écoute ma prière, Prête l'oreille aux paroles de ma bouche!

3 Car des étrangers se sont levés contre moi, Des hommes violents en veulent à ma vie; Ils ne portent pas leurs pensées sur Dieu. -Pause.

4 Voici, Dieu est mon secours, Le Seigneur est le soutien de mon âme.

5 Le mal retombera sur mes adversaires; Anéantis-les, dans ta fidélité!

6 Je t'offrirai de bon coeur des sacrifices; Je louerai ton nom, ô Eternel! car il est favorable,

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.