NASB Bible Footnotes

Psalms 54

Ps. 54:1

a: Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm

b: 1 Sam 23:19; 26:1

Ps. 54:1

a: Ps 20:1

b: 2 Chr 20:6

1: Lit judge

Ps. 54:2

a: Ps 17:6; 55:1

b: Ps 5:1

Ps. 54:3

a: Ps 86:14

b: Ps 18:48; 86:14; 140:1, 4, 11

c: 1 Sam 20:1; 25:29; Ps 40:14; 63:9; 70:2

d: Ps 36:1

1: Or soul

2: Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude

Ps. 54:4

a: Ps 30:10; 37:40; 118:7

b: Ps 37:17, 24; 41:12; 51:12; 145:14; Is 41:10

1: Lit as those who sustain

Ps. 54:5

a: Ps 94:23

b: Ps 143:12

c: Ps 89:49; 96:13; Is 42:3

1: Lit The evil will return

2: Or those who lie in wait for me

3: Or Put to silence

4: Or truth

Ps. 54:6

a: Num 15:3; Ps 116:17

b: Ps 50:14

1: Or With a freewill offering

Ps. 54:7

a: Ps 34:6

b: Ps 59:10; 92:11; 112:8; 118:7

1: Or it; i.e. His name

2: Or distress



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