Introduction
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 54
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, cf15I A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Of the word "neginoth", See Gill on Psalm 4:1 , title; and of "maschil", See Gill on Psalm 32:1 , title. The occasion of writing this psalm were the discoveries the Ziphims or Ziphites made to Saul of David being in their neighbourhood; which they did twice, as appears from 1 Samuel 23:14 . Which of these gave occasion to the psalm is not certain; it is very likely that it was composed after both had been made. These Ziphims were the inhabitants of a city called Ziph, which was in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:55 , near to which was a wilderness, which had its name from the city in which David was when they came to Saul with this news of him.
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