Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
English Revised Version
Psalms 54
1Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy might. 2Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah 4Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is of them that uphold my soul. 5He shall requite the evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth. 6With a freewill offering will I sacrifice unto thee: I will give thanks unto thy name, O LORD, for it is good. 7For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath seen my desire upon mine enemies.
English Revised Version (1885). Public domain. The 1881/1885 British revision of the King James Version; parent of the ASV.