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

1O God, deliver me by your name! Vindicate me by your power! 2O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say! For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah) 4Look, God is my deliverer! The Lord is among those who support me. 5May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

Psalms 54:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For strangersזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• are risen upקוּםqûm · to arise: attackH6965
• against me, and oppressorsעָרִיץ‛ârîyts · ruthlessH6184
• seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• after my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• they have not setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 54:3

• Psalms 69:8My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.
• Psalms 86:14O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.
• Job 19:13“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
• Psalms 22:16Yes, wild dogs surround me – a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
• Psalms 59:3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.
• Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.
• Psalms 16:8I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.
• Psalms 36:1An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,
• Psalms 53:4All those who behave wickedly do not understand – those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to God.
• John 16:3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or 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