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.
Geneva Bible 1599
Psalms 54
1To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of David, to give instruction. When the Ziphims came and said unto Saul, Is not David hid among us? Save mee, O God, by thy Name, and by thy power iudge me. 2O God, heare my prayer: hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth. 3For strangers are risen vp against me, and tyrants seeke my soule: they haue not set God before them. Selah. 4Beholde, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that vpholde my soule. 5He shall rewarde euill vnto mine enemies: Oh cut them off in thy trueth! 6Then I will sacrifice freely vnto thee: I wil praise thy Name, O Lord, because it is good. 7For he hath deliuered me out of al trouble, and mine eye hath seene my desire vpon mine enemies.
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