Psalm 54:2-7

2 Als de Zifieten gekomen waren, en tot Saul gezegd hadden: Verbergt zich David niet bij ons?

3 O God! verlos mij door Uw Naam, en doe mij recht door Uw macht.

4 O God! hoor mijn gebed; neig de oren tot de redenen mijns monds.

5 Want vreemden staan tegen mij op, en tirannen zoeken mijn ziel; zij stellen God niet voor hun ogen. Sela.

6 Ziet, God is mij een Helper; de Heere is onder degenen, die mijn ziel ondersteunen.

7 Hij zal dit kwaad mijn verspieders vergelden; roei hen uit door Uw waarheid. [ (Psalms 54:8) Ik zal U met vrijwilligheid offeren; ik zal Uw Naam, o HEERE! loven, want Hij is goed. ] [ (Psalms 54:9) Want Hij heeft mij gered uit alle benauwdheid; en mijn oog heeft gezien op mijn vijanden. ]

Psalm 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.