Psalms 54 · Verse 4

Psalms 54:4

Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
Psalms 54:4, King James Version

Psalms 54:4 in other translations

BSBSurely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
WEBBehold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
ASVBehold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.
YLTLo, God is a helper to me, The Lord is with those supporting my soul,
DARBYBehold,God is my helper; the Lord is among them that uphold my soul.
BBESee, God is my helper: the Lord is the great supporter of my soul.
WebsterBehold, God is my helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

What does Psalms 54:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. (Compare Psa 30:10). with them--on their side, and for me (compare Psa 46:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Behold, God is mine helper - This would naturally occur to him when he saw that Saul was obliged to leave the pursuit, and go to defend his territories, when he was on the very point of seizing him. God, whose providence is ever watchful, had foreseen this danger and stirred up the Philistines to make this inroad just at the time in which Saul and his army were about to lay hands on David. Well might he then say, "Behold, God is mine helper." Is with them, that uphold my soul - נפשי naphshi, my life. This may even refer to the Philistines, who had at this time made an inroad on Israel. God was even with his own enemies, by making them instruments to save the life of his servant.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 54:4-7
Behold, God is mine Helper. If we are for him, he is for us; and if he is for us, we need not fear. Every creature is that to us, and no more, which God makes it to be. The Lord will in due time save his people, and in the mean time he sustains them, and bears them up, so that the spirit he has made shall not fail. There is truth in God's threatenings, as well as in his promises; sinners that repent not, will find it so to their cost. David's present deliverance was an earnest of further deliverance. He speaks of the completion of his deliverance as a thing done, though he had as yet many troubles before him; because, having God's promise for it, he was as sure of it as if it was done already. The Lord would deliver him out of all his troubles. May he help us to bear our cross without repining, and at length bring us to share his victories and glory. Christians never should suffer the voice of praise and thanksgiving to cease in the church of the redeemed.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 54:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִנֵּ֣הhi.Nehhere!H2009
אֱ֭לֹהִים'E.lo.HimGodH430
עֹזֵ֣ר'o.Zer[is] a helperH5826
לִ֑יLiof me
אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
בְּֽסֹמְכֵ֥יbe.so.me.Khei[is] <in> [those who] sustainH5564
נַפְשִֽׁי\׃naf.Shi<of> life myH5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 54:4

  • Hebrews 13:6

    So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

  • Psalms 118:6-7

    The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

  • Isaiah 41:10

    Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

  • Romans 8:31

    What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  • Psalms 118:13

    Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

  • Isaiah 50:7-9

    For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

  • Isaiah 42:1

    Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:18

    Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

  • Psalms 41:12

    And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
118:6,7,13; 1Ch 12:18; Isa 41:10; 42:1; 50:7-9; Ro 8:31; Heb 13:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 54:3

    For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

  • Psalms 54:4

    Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

  • Psalms 54:5

    He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

Read all of Psalms 54

Psalms 54:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí, Dios es el que me ayuda; el Señor es con los que sostienen mi vida.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ô Dieu! écoute ma prière, prête l’oreille aux paroles de ma bouche.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, Gott ist mein Helfer; der Herr ist unter denen, die meine Seele stützen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		a voce inimici, et a tribulatione peccatoris. Quoniam declinaverunt in me iniquitates, et in ira molesti erant mihi.