[54:1] Save me by your power, O God; set me free by your might!
[54:2] Hear my prayer, O God; listen to my words!
[54:3] Proud people are coming to attack me; cruel people are trying to kill me— those who do not care about God.
[54:4] But God is my helper. The Lord is my defender.
[54:5] May God use their own evil to punish my enemies. He will destroy them because he is faithful.
[54:6] I will gladly offer you a sacrifice, O Lord; I will give you thanks because you are good.
[54:7] You have rescued me from all my troubles, and I have seen my enemies defeated.