Revised Version 1895
Psalms 54:3
3For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah
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 mine helper: the Lord is of them that uphold my soul. 5He shall requite the evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth.
Read all of Psalms 54Psalms 54:3 word by word
כִּ֤י זָרִ֨ים׀ קָ֤מוּ עָלַ֗י וְֽ֭עָרִיצִים בִּקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑י לֹ֤א שָׂ֨מוּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְנֶגְדָּ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
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 the congregation 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: the assembly of evil-doers have enclosed 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 LORD.
- 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 the LORD 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
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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
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