Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (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
Amplified
For strangers have risen against me
And violent men have sought my life;
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.
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 O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say! 3 For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah) 4 Look, God is my deliverer! The Lord is among those who support me.
Cross References
Psalm 86:14
O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.
Psalm 36:1
For the music director; written by the Lord's servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,
Job 19:13-15
"He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
Psalm 16:8
I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.
Psalm 22:16
Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
Psalm 40:14
May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!
Psalm 53:4
All 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.
Psalm 59:3-5
For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.
Psalm 69:8
My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.
Matthew 27:20-23
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.
John 16:3
They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.