Parallel Verses
Amplified
For strangers have risen against me
And violent men have sought my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah.
New American Standard Bible
And
They have
King James Version
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Holman Bible
and violent men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.
International Standard Version
For the arrogant have arisen against me; oppressors have sought to take my life. They do not keep God in mind! Interlude
A Conservative Version
For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul. They have not set God before them. Selah.
American Standard Version
For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. Selah
Bible in Basic English
For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
For strangers are risen up against me, and the violent seek after my life: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
For strangers rose up against me, and the powerful sought out my soul: they set not God before them. Silence.
King James 2000
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For foreigners have risen against me, and ruthless [men] seek my life. They have not set God before them. Selah
Modern King James verseion
For strangers have risen up against me, and cruel men seek after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah.
NET Bible
For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
For, aliens, have risen up against me, And, men of violence, have sought my life, They have not set God before them. Selah.
Webster
For strangers have risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
World English Bible
For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 54:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Deliverance
2
Hear my prayer, O God;
Listen to the words of my mouth.
For strangers have risen against me
And violent men have sought my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah.
Behold, God is my helper and ally;
The Lord is the sustainer of my soul [my upholder].
Cross References
Psalm 86:14
O God, arrogant and insolent men have risen up against me;
A band of violent men have sought my life,
And they have not set You before them.
Psalm 36:1
There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes.
Job 19:13-15
“He has put my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
Psalm 16:8
I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Psalm 22:16
For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalm 40:14
Let those be ashamed and humiliated together
Who seek my life to destroy it;
Let those be turned back [in defeat] and dishonored
Who delight in my hurt.
Psalm 53:4
Have workers of wickedness no knowledge or no understanding?
They eat up My people as though they ate bread
And have not called upon God.
Psalm 59:3-5
Look! They lie in wait for my life;
Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me,
Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.
Psalm 69:8
I have become estranged from my brothers
And an alien to my mother’s sons.
Matthew 27:20-23
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.
John 16:3