Augustine of Hippo

"O God, in Thy name make me safe, and in Thy virtue judge me" [Psalm 54:1]. Let the Church say this, hiding amid the Ziphites. Let the Christian body say this, keeping secret the good of its morals, expecting in secret the reward of its merits, let it say this: "In Thy virtues judge me." Thou hast come, O Christ, humble Thou hast appeared, despised Thou hast been, scourged hast been, crucified hast been slain hast been; but, on the third day hast risen, on the fortieth day into Heaven hast ascended: Thou sittest at the right hand of …

On the Psalms, Psalm 54 ↗

Hilary of Poitiers

The doctrines of the Gospel were well known to holy and blessed David in his capacity of Prophet, and although it was under the Law that he lived his bodily life, he yet filled, as far as in him lay, the requirements of the Apostolic behest and justified the witness borne to him by God in the words: I have found a man after My own heart, David, the son of Jesse. …

Homily on Psalm 54 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"O God, in your name." Above, in other Psalms, the Psalmist magnified the iniquity of sinners with regard to the inclination toward sin and the contempt of God; here he sets forth the persecution that he suffers from them. The title: "unto the end, understanding, of David, in verses." The first part of the title is plain. The second touches on the history written in 1 Sam. 23, when David came to the wilderness of the city of Ziph, and the men of that city denounced David to Saul, and Saul pursued him, but was unable to capture him. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗