For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by Dawud1, when the Ziphites came and said to Talut2, “Isn’t Dawud hiding himself among us?”
1Save me, God, by your Name.
Vindicate me in your might.
2Hear my prayer, God.
Listen to the words of my mouth.
3For strangers have risen up against me.
Violent men have sought after my soul.
They haven’t set God before them. Selah.
4Behold, God is my helper.
The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
5He will repay the evil to my enemies.
Destroy them in your truth.
6With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you.
I will give thanks to your Name, YAHWEH3, for it is good.
7For he has delivered me out of all trouble.
My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
- 54:title Dawud, this Arabic name is derived from David (Hebrew) and means “Beloved.” ↩︎
- 54:title Talut, the Quranic Arabic version of the name of the first king of Israel. The Hebrew text reads Saul or Shaul. ↩︎
- 54:6 YAHWEH, God’s personal Name revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15: ‘God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.”’ ↩︎