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Hear my prayer, O God;
    give ear to the words of my mouth.
Strangers[a] have risen against me;
    those who are ruthless seek my life,
    and they have no thought of God. Selah
Surely God is my helper;
    the Lord is the one who sustains me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 54:5 Strangers: probably a reference to the people of the Desert of Ziph (see 1 Sam 23:19). They have no thought of God: the same type of sinners as in Ps 53.