Day 19 - Psalm 54

Psalm 54 appears to be another entry of a praise and worship song written by King David and included in the book of Psalms.

In the first 3 verses David again stresses that he knows that God will hear his prayer and that God will vindicate him. David has many enemies. He was even denied the task of building God’s temple in Jerusalem because he had so much blood on his hands. That task was relegated to his son Solomon. David did spend many of the last years of his life gathering materials to be put into God’s house by his son Solomon.

The third verse is followed by the term “Selah.” There have been several interpretations of the meaning of this word that has been inserted in many of the psalms. Rather than sound pedagogical by telling you of all of the possibilities, I’ll just tell you that I like the one that says that Selah indicates that the reader should pause and “Think on this.”

It would be interesting to hear the music that David actually played on his harp.
Again David ends this psalm with a promise to offer a considerable sacrifice to God out of appreciation for Him delivering David from his enemies.

- submitted by Bob Diamond