To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskila of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”
1 O God, save me by your name,
and vindicate me by your might.
give ear to the words of my mouth.
ruthless men seek my life;
they do not set God before themselves. Selah
the Lord is the upholder of my life.
in your faithfulness put an end to them.
I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.
and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.