Psalm 54
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- Samuel Arnold (New Version Metrical Psalter)
Text/translations
Vulgate (Psalm 53)
Latin text
1 in finem in carminibus intellectus David
2 cum venissent Ziphei et dixissent ad Saul nonne David absconditus est apud nos
3 Deus in nomine tuo salvum me fac et in virtute tua iudica me
4 Deus exaudi orationem meam auribus percipe verba oris mei
5 quoniam alieni insurrexerunt adversum me et fortes quaesierunt animam meam non proposuerunt Deum ante conspectum suum diapsalma
6 ecce enim Deus adiuvat me Dominus susceptor animae meae
7 avertet mala inimicis meis in veritate tua disperde illos
8 voluntarie sacrificabo tibi confitebor nomini tuo Domine quoniam bonum
9 quoniam ex omni tribulatione eripuisti me et super inimicos meos despexit oculus meus
King James Version
English text
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.
New Version Metrical Psalter (Tate & Brady)
English text
1,2 Lord, save me, for thy glorious Name,
and in thy strength appear,
To judge my cause, accept my pray'r,
and to my words give ear.
3 Mere strangers, whom I never wronged,
to ruin me design'd;
And cruel men, that fear no God,
against my soul combin'd.
4,5 But God takes part with all my friends,
and he's the surest guard;
The God of truth shall give my foes
their falsehood's just reward:
6 While I my grateful off'rings bring,
and sacrifice with joy;
And in his praise my time to come
delightfully employ.
7 From dreadful danger and distress
the Lord hath set me free;
Through him shall I of all my foes
the just destruction see.