Chapter 53

Ps.53:1. In the end, in songs, the mind of David Ps.53:2. suddenly Zipheus came and said to Saul, “Has David hidden himself in us?” David, fleeing from Saul, took refuge in the desert of Ziph. After this, the Ziphites came to Saul, announced to what place he had fled, and asked him to come and capture David (1 Sam. 23:19–26, 26ff.). And he, taking the lyre in his hands, as if he had foretold by the prophetic spirit that he would not tolerate any evil from Saul, sings the proposed psalm. Indeed, Saul, having come to capture it, received news of the invasion of foreigners and hastened to return back with his people. But what is said in the psalm can also be applied to the apostolic countenance. The psalmist, describing the uprisings of the Jewish people and the irritation of the pagan kings, prays to God to save them from everyone in His name. He prophetically says that God will turn these disasters on the enemies, and he himself will make victorious sacrifices. And as the psalm leads us to the thought now explained, the inscription says: “reason.” Ps.53:3. God, in Your name save me. He asks that He save us not otherwise, but in His name. since I call on Your name, by this very name grant me salvation. And in Thy power - that is, in Thy Son - judge me. Commit it not to other judges, but to “Thy Power” for examination. And having judged their judgment, He gave some to destruction, and saved others from their enemies. Ps.53:4. God, hear my prayer. Accept my petitions with favor. This is similar to what was said: “and now, Lord, look upon their reproaches” (Acts 4:29). You might be interested in: