--- title: "Psalms 54 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Psalms 54 with clarkes commentary 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/clarkes-commentary/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 The title is, "To the chief Musician upon Neginoth, an instructive Psalm of David, when the Ziphites came to Saul, and said, Doth not David conceal himself among us?" *Ziph* was a village in the southern part of Palestine. David having taken refuge in the mountains of that country, the Ziphites went to Saul, and informed him of the fact. Saul, with his army, immediately went thither, and was on one side of a mountain while David was on the other. Just when he was about to fall into the hands of his merciless pursuer, an express came to Saul that the Philistines had invaded Israel, on which he gave up the pursuit, and returned to save his country, and David escaped to En-gedi. See the account in [1 Samuel 23:19-29](/kjv/1-samuel/23/19-29). It is supposed to have been after this deliverance that he composed this Psalm. *Neginoth*, from נגן *nagan*, to *strike* or *play* on some kind of instrument, probably signifies *stringed instruments*, such as were played on with a *plectrum*. Verse [Psalms 54:1](/kjv/psalms/54/1). ***Save me, O God, by thy name*** — Save me by *thyself* alone; so *name* here may be understood. The *name of God* is often *God* *himself*. David was now in such imminent danger of being taken and destroyed, that no human means were left for his escape; if God therefore had not interfered, he must have been destroyed. 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