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World English Bible

Psalm 54 (WEBP)

[1] Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.
[2] Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.
[3] For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.
[4] Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
[5] He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.
[6] With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.
[7] For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 54 (KJVS)

[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.

Psalm 54:5 Heb. those that observe me

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 54 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος, () ἐν () ὕμνοις· () συνέσεως () τῷ () Δαυιδ () ἐν () τῷ () ἐλθεῖν () τοὺς () Ζιφαίους καὶ () εἰπεῖν () τῷ () Σαουλ () Οὐκ () ἰδοὺ () Δαυιδ () κέκρυπται () παρ’ () ἡμῖν; () Ὁ () θεός, () ἐν () τῷ () ὀνόματί () σου () σῶσόν () με () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () δυνάμει () σου () κρῖνόν () με. ()
[2] Ὁ () θεός, () εἰσάκουσον () τῆς () προσευχῆς () μου, () ἐνώτισαι () τὰ () ῥήματα () τοῦ () στόματός () μου. ()
[3] Ὅτι () ἀλλότριοι () ἐπανέστησαν () ἐπ’ () ἐμέ, () καὶ () κραταιοὶ () ἐζήτησαν () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου· () οὐ () προέθεντο () τὸν () θεὸν () ἐνώπιον () αὐτῶν. () Διάψαλμα.
[4] Ἰδοὺ () γὰρ () ὁ () θεὸς () βοηθεῖ () μοι, () καὶ () ὁ () κύριος () ἀντιλήμπτωρ τῆς () ψυχῆς () μου. ()
[5] Ἀποστρέψει () τὰ () κακὰ () τοῖς () ἐχθροῖς () μου· () ἐν () τῇ () ἀληθείᾳ () σου () ἐξολέθρευσον () αὐτούς. ()
[6] Ἑκουσίως () θύσω () σοι, () ἐξομολογήσομαι () τῷ () ὀνόματί () σου, () κύριε, () ὅτι () ἀγαθόν· ()
[7] ὅτι () ἐκ () πάσης () θλίψεως () ἐρρύσω () με, () καὶ () ἐν () τοῖς () ἐχθροῖς () μου () ἐπεῖδεν () ὁ () ὀφθαλμός () μου. ()

Psalm 54:1 Originally verses 53:1–3.
Psalm 54:2 Originally verse 53:4.
Psalm 54:3 Originally verse 53:5.
Psalm 54:4 Originally verse 53:6.
Psalm 54:5 Originally verse 53:7.
Psalm 54:6 Originally verse 53:8.
Psalm 54:7 Originally verse 53:9.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.