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Psalms 54:7
7Let evil return to my foes. Silence them with Your truth!
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
5For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men seek after my soul. They do not set God before them. Selah 6Surely God is my helper. My Lord is the supporter of my soul. Let evil return to my foes. Silence them with Your truth! 8I will sacrifice a freewill offering to You. I will praise Your name, Adonai, for it is good. 9For He has delivered me from all trouble, and my eye has gazed upon my enemies.
Read all of Psalms 54Psalms 54:7 word by word
כִּ֣י מִכָּל־צָ֭רָה הִצִּילָ֑נִי וּ֝בְאֹיְבַ֗י רָאֲתָ֥ה עֵינִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 54:7
- Psalms 34:19Adonai is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those crushed in spirit.
- Genesis 48:16The Angel who redeemed me from all evil, May He bless the boys, and may they be called by my name, and by the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. May they multiply to a multitude in the midst of the land.”
- 1 Samuel 26:24See, just as your life was highly valued in my eyes today, so let my life be highly valued in Adonai’s eyes, and may He deliver me from all trouble.”
- 2 Samuel 4:9Then David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, saying to them, “As Adonai lives, who redeemed my soul out of all distress,
- 2 Timothy 4:18The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and will deliver me safely into His heavenly Kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Psalms 37:34Wait for Adonai and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
- Psalms 58:10Even before your pots can feel a thorn —whether alive or ablaze— He will sweep the wicked away.
- Psalms 59:10O my strength, I watch for You— for God is my strong tower.
- Psalms 91:8You will only look on with your eyes and see the wicked paid back.
- Psalms 92:11But You exalted my horn like that of a wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
- Psalms 112:8His heart is secure, he will not fear— until he gazes on his foes.
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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