Psalms 54:3

Psalms 54:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)Arrogant foes are attacking me; ruthless people are trying to kill me— people without regard for God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)For strangers have risen up against me, And oppressors have sought after my life; They have not set God before them. Selah

Context of Psalms 54:3

1Save me, O God, by thy name, And judge me in thy might. 2Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth. For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. [Selah 4Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul. 5He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.

Psalms 54:3 word by word

כִּ֤י זָרִ֨ים׀ קָ֤מוּ עָלַ֗י וְֽ֭עָרִיצִים בִּקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑י לֹ֤א שָׂ֨מוּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְנֶגְדָּ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Psalms 54:3

• Psalms 69:8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother’s children.
• Psalms 86:14O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.
• Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
• Psalms 22:16For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
• Psalms 59:3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
• Matthew 27:20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
• Psalms 16:8I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
• Psalms 36:1The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.
• Psalms 53:4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon God?
• John 16:3And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

Commentaries on Psalms 54:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Strangers are risen up against me - The Ziphites. And oppressors - Saul, his courtiers, and his army. They have not set God before them - It is on no religious account, nor is it to accomplish any end, on which they can ask the blessing of God. Selah - This is true.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For strangers are risen up against me - That is, foreigners; those of another nation or land. Saul and his friends who sought the life of David were his own countrymen; these persons who sought go betray him were another people. They attempted to gain the favor of Saul, or to secure a reward from him, by betraying to him an innocent man whom he was persecuting. And oppressors seek after my soul - Seek after my life. The word here rendered “oppressors”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The strangers were excluded from the covenant community (see Psalm 109:11; Proverbs 5:10). Proud and violent people do not respect God or others (see Psalms 35:11, 25; 86:14; Proverbs 11:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. strangers--perhaps Ziphites. oppressors--literally, "terrible ones" (Is 13:11; 25:3). Such were Saul and his army. not set ... them--acted as atheists, without God's fear (compare Psa 16:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 54:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Godlessness

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Commentaries on Psalms 54

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary