--- title: "Psalms 54 - Study King James Bible with barnes notes on the whole bible" description: "Read Psalms 54 with barnes notes on the whole bible commentary. 1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. 2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up agai" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/barnes-notes-on-the-whole-bible/psalms/54" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/54)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/54)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/54) Audio 1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.** 2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. 4 Behold, God *is* mine helper: the Lord *is* with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.* 6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for *it is* good. 7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen *his desire* upon mine enemies. [Psalms 53](/study/psalms/53) [Psalms 55](/study/psalms/55) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Save me, O God, by thy name -**The word “name” here may include the perfections or attributes properly implied in the name. It is a calling on God as God, or in view of all that is implied in his name, or that constitutes the idea of “God.” That name would imply all of power and benevolence that was necessary to secure his salvation or safety. The particular object of the prayer here is that God would save him from the design of the Ziphims to betray him to Saul. In some way David seems to have been apprised of the information which they had given to Saul, or at least to have suspected it so strongly that he felt it was necessary for him to move from place to place in order to find safety. **And judqe me by thy strength -**The word “judge” here is used in the sense of declaring a judgment in his favor, or of vindicating him. See the notes at [Psalms 7:8](/kjv/psalms/7/8). Compare [Psalms 18:20](/kjv/psalms/18/20); [Psalms 26:1](/kjv/psalms/26/1); [Psalms 43:1](/kjv/psalms/43/1). 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