Psalms Chapter 54

For the Choir Director. A Maskil of David,

When the Ziphites Came and Told Saul,

“Isn’t David hiding among us?”

On Stringed Instruments

1 Deliver me, God, by your name;

      vindicate me by your power.

2 Listen to my prayer; hear what I have to say.

3 Foreigners have attacked me;

      violent people have tried to kill me;

      they don’t care about you.                                               

4 But God helps me; Yahveh sustains my life.

5 He pays back my adversaries

      and destroys them in his faithfulness.

6 I’ll sacrifice to him willingly

      and thank him because he’s good.

7 He’s delivered me from all my trouble

      so I could triumph over my enemies.                              

Ps 54:1-7

From the CYV translation by Virgil Warren, PhD