Psalms 54 — FBV

For the music director. With stringed instruments. A psalm (maskil) of David, concerning the time when the Ziphites came to Saul and told him, “David is hiding among us.”

54Verse 1God, because of your very nature,⁺please save me! Vindicate me by your power!
^{Verse 2}God, please hear my prayer; listen to what I'm saying.
^{Verse 3}For strangers are coming to attack me—violent men who don't care about God are trying to kill me. Selah.
^{Verse 4}But God helps me; the Lord saves my life!
^{Verse 5}The evil my enemies have done will come back upon them. I depend on you to destroy them.
^{Verse 6}I will happily offer a sacrifice to you; I will praise the kind of person you are,⁺Lord, for you are good.
^{Verse 7}For he has saved me from all my troubles; and I have seen those who hated me defeated.⁺