God’s Word Translation
Psalms 54:7
7Your name rescues me from every trouble. My eyes will gloat over my enemies.
Psalms 54:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
- New International Version (NIV)You have delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For He has delivered me out of all trouble; And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.
Context of Psalms 54:7
5My enemies spy on me. Pay them back with evil. Destroy them with your truth! 6I will make a sacrifice to you along with a freewill offering. I will give thanks to your good name, O Lord. Your name rescues me from every trouble. My eyes will gloat over my enemies.
Read all of Psalms 54Psalms 54:7 word by word
כִּ֣י מִכָּל־צָ֭רָה הִצִּילָ֑נִי וּ֝בְאֹיְבַ֗י רָאֲתָ֥ה עֵינִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 54:7
- Psalms 34:19The righteous person has many troubles, but the Lord rescues him from all of them.
- Genesis 48:16may the Messenger, who has rescued me from all evil, bless these boys. May they be called by my name and by the names of my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac. May they have many children on the earth.”
- 1 Samuel 26:24As I placed great value on your life today, may the Lord place great value on my life and rescue me from all trouble.”
- 2 Samuel 4:9David responded to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth,
- 2 Timothy 4:18The Lord will rescue me from all harm and will take me safely to his heavenly kingdom. Glory belongs to him forever! Amen.
- Psalms 37:34Wait with hope for the Lord, and follow his path, and he will honor you by giving you the land. When wicked people are cut off, you will see it.
- Psalms 58:10Righteous people will rejoice when they see ⌞God⌟ take revenge. They will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people.
- Psalms 59:10God will come to meet me. He will let me gloat over those who spy on me.
- Psalms 91:8You only have to look with your eyes to see the punishment of wicked people.
- Psalms 92:11My eyes gloat over those who spy on me. My ears hear ⌞the cries⌟ of evildoers attacking me.
- Psalms 112:8His heart is steady, and he is not afraid. In the end he will look triumphantly at his enemies.
Commentaries on Psalms 54:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For he hath delivered me - Saul had now decamped; and was returned to save his territories; and David in the meanwhile escaped to En-gedi. God was most evidently the author of this deliverance. Mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies - It is not likely that this Psalm was written after the death of Saul; and therefore David could not say that he had seen his desire. But there is nothing in the text for his desire; and the words might be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For he hath delivered me out of all trouble - This is spoken either in confident expectation of what would be, or as the statement of a general truth that God did deliver him from all trouble. It was what he had experienced in his past life; it was what he confidently expected in all time to come. And mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies - The words “his desire” are not in the original. A literal translation would be, “And on my enemies hath my…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. 6-7In anticipation of God’s response, the mood of the psalm changes from sorrow to thanksgiving.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. mine eye ... desire--(compare Psa 59:10; 112:8), expresses satisfaction in beholding the overthrow of his enemies as those of God, without implying any selfish or unholy feeling (compare Psa 52:6, 7).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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