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1To the chief Musician{H8764)} on Neginoth, Maschil{H8688)}, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came{H8800)} and said{H8799)} to Saul, Doth not David hide{H8693)} himself with us? Save{H8685)} me, O God, by thy name, and judge{H8799)} me by thy strength.
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The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)We may observe here, 1. The great distress that David was now in, which the title gives an account of. The Ziphim came of their own accord, and informed Saul where David was, with a promise to deliver him into his hand. One would have thought that when David had retired into the country he would not be pursued, into a desert country he would not be discovered, and into his own country he would not…
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