Preserve me, O God - Keep me; guard me; save me. This language implies that there was imminent danger of some kind - perhaps, as th…

For in you. —Better, for I have found refuge in you (Psalms 11:1). The verb is in the preterite.

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

Ah, brothers and sisters! When we think of our daily dangers, and when we rememb…

This is a prayer in which David commits himself to God's protection. He does not, however, ask earnestly for God's aid here in some particular emer…

Preserve me, O God
Prayer is proper to Christ as man; he offered up many prayers and supplications to God, even his …

David flees to God's protection with cheerful, believing confidence. Those who have avowed that the Lord is their Lord should often remind themselv…