| Psalm 54 | |
|---|---|
| "Save me, O God, by thy name" | |
 Beginning of Psalm 54 in Latin, Psalter in the Cleveland Museum of Art | |
| Other name |
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| Text | Attributed to King David |
| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 54 | |
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← Psalm 53 Psalm 55 → | |
| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 54 is the 54th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 53. In Latin, it is known as "Deus in nomine tuo salvum me fac",[1] Attributed to David, it was written for one who finds oneself betrayed by a friend.[2]
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant liturgies.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 53 / 54 Archived 7 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net
- ^ The Artscroll Tehillim, page 110