“The suffering of the prophet David is … a type of the passion of our God and Lord Jesus Christ. This is why David's prayer also corresponds in sense with the prayer of Christ, who being the Word, was made flesh. As man, Christ suffered all things in a human fashion and spoke in a human fashion in everything he said. H…”
Hilary of Poitiers, 4th c. — HOMILY ON PSALM 54:4
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2Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
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1Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
— Psalms 54:2 —
3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
4Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.