Psalms 54 - 56 — Legacy Standard Bible

God Is My Helper

For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A ¹Maskil of David. ²When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?”

O God, save me by ^aYour name,And render justice to me by ^bYour might.²^aO God, hear my prayer;^bGive ear to the words of my mouth.³For strangers have ^arisen against meAnd ^bruthless men have ^csought my ¹life;They have ^dnot set God before them. ² Selah.⁴Behold, ^aGod is my helper;The Lord is among those who ^bsustain my soul.⁵He will ^areturn the evil to my foes;^bDestroy them ^cin Your truth.⁶^aWith a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You;I will give ^bthanks to Your name, O Yahweh, for it is good.⁷For ¹He has ^adelivered me from all ²distress,And my eye has ^blooked in triumph upon my enemies.

He Will Never Allow the Righteous to Be Shaken

For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A ¹Maskil of David.

^aGive ear to my prayer, O God;And ^bdo not hide Yourself from my supplication.²Give ^aheed to me and answer me;I am restless in my ^bcomplaint and ¹^,^cam surely distracted,³Because of the voice of the enemy,Because of the ^apressure of the wicked;For they ^bshake wickedness down upon meAnd in anger they ^cbear a grudge against me.⁴My ^aheart is in anguish within me,And the terrors of ^bdeath have fallen upon me.⁵Fear and ^atrembling come upon me,And ¹^,^bhorror has covered me.⁶I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!I would fly away and ¹^,^abe at rest.⁷“Behold, I would wander far away,I would ^alodge in the wilderness. ¹ Selah.⁸“I would hasten to my place of refugeFrom the ^astormy wind and tempest.”⁹¹Confuse, O Lord, ^adivide their tongues,For I have seen ^bviolence and strife in the city.¹⁰Day and night they go around her upon her walls,And wickedness and mischief are in her midst.¹¹^aDestruction is in her midst;^bOppression and deceit do not depart from her ¹streets.¹²For it is ^anot an enemy who reproaches me,Then I could bear it;Nor is it one who hates me who ^bhas magnified himself against me,Then I could hide myself from him.¹³But it is you, a man ¹my equal,My ^aclose companion and my ²^,^bfamiliar friend;¹⁴We who had sweet counsel together^aWalked in the house of God in the throng.¹⁵Let ¹death come ^adeceitfully upon them;Let them ^bgo down alive to Sheol,For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.¹⁶As for me, I shall ^acall upon God,And Yahweh will save me.¹⁷^aEvening and ^bmorning and at ^cnoon, I will bring my complaint and moan,And He will hear my voice.¹⁸He will ^aredeem my soul in peace ¹from the battle which is against me,For they are ^bmany who strive with me.¹⁹God will ^ahear and ¹answer them—Even the one ^bwho ²sits enthroned from of old— Selah.Because they ³do not change,And ^cdo not fear God.²⁰¹My companion has put forth his hands against ^athose who were at peace with him;He has ²^,^bviolated his covenant.²¹His ¹speech was ^asmoother than butter,But his heart was war;His words were ^bsofter than oil,Yet they were drawn ^cswords.²²^aCast ¹your burden upon Yahweh and He will sustain you;^bHe will never allow the righteous to ²^,^cbe shaken.²³But You, O God, will bring them down to the ¹^,^apit of corruption;^bMen of bloodshed and deceit will ^cnot live out half their days.But I will ^dtrust in You.

In God I Trust, I Shall Not Be Afraid

For the choir director. According to ¹Jonath Elem Rehokim. A ²Mikhtam of David. ³When the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has ⁴^,^atrampled upon me;All day long, an attacker ^boppresses me.²My foes have ¹^,^atrampled upon me all day long,For many ^battack me proudly.³¹When I am ^aafraid,²I will ^btrust in You.⁴^aIn God, whose word I praise,In God I trust;I shall not be afraid.^bWhat can mere ¹man do to me?⁵All day long they ¹^,^adistort my words;All their ²^,^bthoughts are against me for evil.⁶They ¹^,^aattack, they lurk,They ^bwatch my heels,As they have ^choped to take my ²life.⁷On account of their wickedness, ^awill they have an escape?In anger, ^bbring down the peoples, O God!⁸You ^ahave taken account of my wanderings;Put my ^btears in Your bottle.Are they not in ^cYour book?⁹Then my enemies will ^aturn back ^bin the day when I call;This I know, ¹that ^cGod is for me.¹⁰In God, whose word I praise,In Yahweh, whose word I praise,¹¹In God I ¹trust, I shall not be afraid.What can man do to me?¹²Your ^avows are binding upon me, O God;I will ¹fulfill thank offerings to You.¹³¹For You have ^adelivered my soul from death,Indeed ^bmy feet from stumbling,So that I may ^cwalk before GodIn the ^dlight of the ²living.