Psalm 54:3
For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life--men with no regard for God. Selah
Sermons
Peril and PrayerW. Forsyth Psalm 54:1-7
Phases of PietyHomilistPsalm 54:1-7
Prayer for DeliveranceC. Short Psalm 54:1-7














Here we have -

I. PERIL MOVING TO PRAYER. (Vers. 1-3.) Danger may arise from various causes. Soul-danger is the worst. Then when sore pressed and in trouble, the instinct of the heart is to cry to God, "Save me!" Prayer is "the mighty utterance of a mighty need" (Trench).

II. PRAYER INSPIRING CONFIDENCE. (Ver. 4.) Prayer brings the soul into the very presence of God. The thought of what he is (" thy Name") and of what he has done ("God is mine Helper"), furnish ample pleas for entreaty, and sure ground for hope. Experience gives us courage to cleave to the word of promise. "If God be with us, who can be against us?"

III. CONFIDENCE ANTICIPATING DELIVERANCE. (Ver. 5.) The nearer we get to God, the more truly we are in sympathy with him, so as to make his will our will, the more certain do we become of deliverance. We rise to the vision of victory. God is ever on the side of right. There may still be clouds, but we see the bright light shining above the clouds. There may still be struggles and pains, but we press on with renewed ardour and assurance, for we know whom we have believed, and that he is able to keep that which we have committed to him, and to bring forth judgment unto victory.

IV. DELIVERANCE. AWAKING PRAISE. (Ver. 6.) Some forget their obligations to God when the danger is past; but it will not be so with the righteous. Like the Samaritan leper, they return to give glory to God - with sacrifices of thanksgiving and songs of praise. - W.F.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion.
I. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WICKED (ver. 5).

1. Utter and irreversible.

2. Effected by God.

3. Overtaking them when they regarded themselves as quite secure.

4. Inflicted because of their hostility to the people of God.(1) He is in covenant relation with His people, and is pledged to help them.(2) He is profoundly and tenderly interested in His people (Isaiah 49:14-16; Matthew 18:5, 6; Matthew 25:40, 45; Acts 9:4). An inspiring and strengthening consideration for the people of God. Motive and encouragement to those who would aid them. Warning to those who would injure them.

II. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WICKED IN FORMER TIMES AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE GOOD TO EXPECT SALVATION FROM PRESENT DANGERS. This we take to be the connecting link between verses 5 and 6.

1. The poetic view of salvation. It is here represented as deliverance from captivity.

2. The grand source of salvation. "Out of Zion."

3. The earnest desire of salvation.

4. The encouragement to expect salvation. God is unchangeable. What He has done in the past He is able to do in the present. He is faithful. What He has promised that will He perform.

(W. Jones.).

Save me, O God, by Thy name, and judge me by Thy strength.
Homilist.
I. PIETY PRAYING. The prayer has respect to —

1. The character of God (ver. 1).

2. The entreatability of God (ver. 2).

3. The necessity for God (ver. 3).

II. PIETY TRUSTING. He had confidence in God —

1. As a Deliverer from his enemies.

2. As the Chastiser of his enemies.

III. PIETY WORSHIPPING.

1. Worship is voluntary sacrifice. The offering of self is essential to give virtue and worth to all other offerings.

2. Worship is praise to God.

(1)On account of what He is in Himself.

(2)On account of what He is to us (Ver. 7).

(Homilist.)

People
David, Psalmist, Saul, Ziphites
Places
Jerusalem
Topics
Attacking, Haven't, Insolent, Ones, Oppressors, Purposing, Regard, Risen, Ruthless, Seek, Selah, Sought, Soul, Strangers, Terrible, Violent
Outline
1. David, complaining of the Ziphims, prays for salvation
4. Upon his confidence in God's help he promises sacrifice

Dictionary of Bible Themes
Psalm 54:3

     5561   suffering, nature of
     5568   suffering, causes
     8666   praise, manner and methods

Psalm 54:1-7

     5086   David, rise of

Library
How those are to be Admonished who Praise the Unlawful Things of which they are Conscious, and those who While Condemning Them, in no Wise Guard
(Admonition 32.) Differently to be admonished are they who even praise the unlawful things which they do, and those who censure what is wrong, and yet avoid it not. For they who even praise the unlawful things which they do are to be admonished to consider how for the most part they offend more by the mouth than by deeds. For by deeds they perpetrate wrong things in their own persons only; but with the mouth they bring out wickedness in the persons of as many as there are souls of hearers, to
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great

Epistle vii. To Peter, Domitian, and Elpidius.
To Peter, Domitian, and Elpidius. Gregory to Peter, Domitian, and Elpidius, Bishops [1688] . I rejoice exceedingly that you welcomed with great joy the ordination of the most holy Cyriacus, my brother and fellow-priest. And since we have learnt from the preaching of Paul the apostle that If one member rejoice, all the members rejoice with it (1 Cor. xii. 26), you must needs consider with how great exultation I rejoice with you in this thing, wherein not one member, but many members of Christ have
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great

The Difference Between Union and Rapture. What Rapture Is. The Blessing it is to the Soul. The Effects of It.
1. I wish I could explain, with the help of God, wherein union differs from rapture, or from transport, or from flight of the spirit, as they speak, or from a trance, which are all one. [1] I mean, that all these are only different names for that one and the same thing, which is also called ecstasy. [2] It is more excellent than union, the fruits of it are much greater, and its other operations more manifold; for union is uniform in the beginning, the middle, and the end, and is so also interiorly.
Teresa of Avila—The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus

Epistle ii. To Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch.
To Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch. Gregory to Anastasius, Patriarch of Antioch. I have received the letters of your most sweet Blessedness, which flowed with tears for words. For I saw in them a cloud flying aloft as clouds do; but, though it carried with it a darkness of sorrow, I could not easily discover at its commencement whence it came or whither it was going, since by reason of the darkness I speak of I did not fully understand its origin. Yet it becomes you, most holy ones, ever to recall
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great

Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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