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Psalms 54
A compact seven-verse plea: David asks God to save him "by your name" and to vindicate him by sheer might, because strangers and violent men hunt his life and have not set God before them. The tone pivots at verse 4 with "Behold, God is my helper." From there confidence carries the poem: God will repay the enemies, and the psalmist promises a freewill offering of thanks once his eye has seen triumph over those who pressed him.
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Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.
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Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.
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For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.
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Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
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He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.
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With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good.
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For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
The vow that closes it
The psalm moves from petition to a pledge of worship: a "free will offering" given not under obligation but gladly, with thanks to the name the speaker first called on for rescue. That circle from name to name binds the prayer together. The traditional setting ties it to David betrayed by the Ziphites, which sharpens the line about strangers who do not set God before them.
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