1 Vir die musiekleier; met snaarinstrumente. 'n Onderwysing van Dawid,

2 toe die Sifiete gekom en aan Saul gesê het: Het Dawid hom nie by ons weggesteek nie?

3 o God, verlos my deur u Naam, en doen aan my reg deur u mag!

4 o God, hoor my gebed, luister na die woorde van my mond!

5 Want vreemdes staan teen my op, en tiranne soek my lewe; hulle stel God nie voor hul oë nie. Sela.

6 Kyk, God is my helper. Dit is die Here wat my siel ondersteun.

7 Hy sal my vyande die kwaad vergelde. Vernietig hulle in u trou! [ (Psalms 54:8) Vrywillig wil ek aan U offer; ek wil u Naam, o HERE, loof, want die is goed; ] [ (Psalms 54:9) want die het my uit alle benoudheid gered, en my oog het met welgevalle op my vyande neergesien. ]

1 Save me, O God, by thy name,

And judge me in thy might.

2 Hear my prayer, O God;

Give ear to the words of my mouth.

3 For strangers are risen up against me,

And violent men have sought after my soul:

They have not set God before them. [Selah

4 Behold, God is my helper:

The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.

5 He will requite the evil unto mine enemies:

Destroy thou them in thy truth.

6 With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto thee:

I will give thanks unto thy name, O Jehovah, for it is good.

7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble;

And mine eye hath seen my desire upon mine enemies.