Chapter 53

A prayer for help in distress.

1. 1

   Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. 2 When the men of Ziph had come and said to Saul: Is not David hidden with us? [1 Kings xxiii. 19.]

2. 3

   Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength.

3. 4

   O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth.

4. 5

   For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul; and they have not set God before their eyes.

5. 6

   For behold God is my helper: and the Lord is the protector of my soul.

6. 7

   Turn back the evils upon my enemies: and cut them off in thy truth.

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   I will freely sacrifice to thee, and will give praise, O God, to thy name: because it is good:

8. 9

   For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.