English Standard Version
Psalms 54:4
4Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.
Psalms 54:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
- New International Version (NIV)Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is with those who uphold my life.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But God is my helper. The Lord keeps me alive!
Context of Psalms 54:4
2O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. Selah Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. 5He will return the evil to my enemies; in your faithfulness put an end to them. 6With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.
Read all of Psalms 54Psalms 54:4 word by word
הִנֵּ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים עֹזֵ֣ר לִ֑י אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י בְּֽסֹמְכֵ֥י נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 54:4
- Psalms 118:6The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
- 1 Chronicles 12:18Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David, and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you." Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.
- Isaiah 41:10fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 42:1Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
- Isaiah 50:7But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
- Romans 8:31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Hebrews 13:6So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?"
Commentaries on Psalms 54:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Behold, God is mine helper - This would naturally occur to him when he saw that Saul was obliged to leave the pursuit, and go to defend his territories, when he was on the very point of seizing him. God, whose providence is ever watchful, had foreseen this danger and stirred up the Philistines to make this inroad just at the time in which Saul and his army were about to lay hands on David. Well might he then say, "Behold, God is mine helper." Is with…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Behold, God is mine helper - That is, God alone can aid me in these circumstances, and to him I confidently look. The Lord is with them that uphold my soul - My friends; those who have rallied around me to defend me; those who comfort me by their presence; those who sustain me in my cause, and who keep me from sinking under the burden of my accumulated troubles.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-7Verses 4-7 Behold, God is mine Helper. If we are for him, he is for us; and if he is for us, we need not fear. Every creature is that to us, and no more, which God makes it to be. The Lord will in due time save his people, and in the mean time he sustains them, and bears them up, so that the spirit he has made shall not fail. There is truth in God's threatenings, as well as in his promises; sinners that repent not, will find it so to their cost. David's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7This personal lament was caused by violent and godless people (Psalm 54:3). The psalmist prays to God and focuses on God's help (54:4). He asks God to save him from evil and judge his enemies (Psalm 54:5, 7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. (Compare Psa 30:10). with them--on their side, and for me (compare Psa 46:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 54
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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