Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

O God, arrogant men have risen up against me,
And a band of violent men have sought my life,
And they have not set You before them.

King James Version

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

Holman Bible

God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.
They have no regard for You.

International Standard Version

God, arrogant men rise up against me, while a company of ruthless individuals want to kill me. They do not have regard for you.

A Conservative Version

O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.

American Standard Version

O 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.

Amplified


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.

Darby Translation

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.

Julia Smith Translation

O God, the proud rose up against me, and the assemblies of the terrible sought my soul; and they set not thee before them.

King James 2000

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set you before them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, even a gang of ruthless men seek my life, but they do not set you before them.

Modern King James verseion

O God, the proud have risen against me, and the company of violent men have sought after my life, and have not set You before them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O God, the proud are risen against me; and the congregation of the mighty seeketh after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.

NET Bible

O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

New Heart English Bible

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they do not hold regard for you before them.

The Emphasized Bible

O God, the insolent, have arisen against me, And, the assembly of tyrants, have sought my life, And have not set thee before them.

Webster

O God, the proud have risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

World English Bible

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you before them.

Youngs Literal Translation

O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them,

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Lament And Petition

13 For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
14 O God, arrogant men have risen up against me,
And a band of violent men have sought my life,
And they have not set You before them.
15 But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.


Cross References

Psalm 54:3

For strangers have risen against me
And violent men have sought my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah.

2 Samuel 15:1-12

Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men as runners before him.

2 Samuel 16:20-1

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice. What shall we do?”

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring calamity on Absalom.

Psalm 10:4

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 10:11

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

Psalm 10:13

Why has the wicked spurned God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require it.”

Psalm 14:4

Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

Psalm 36:1

For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.
Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart;
There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Psalm 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come upon me,
And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 119:51

The arrogant utterly deride me,
Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

Psalm 119:69

The arrogant have forged a lie against me;
With all my heart I will observe Your precepts.

Psalm 119:85

The arrogant have dug pits for me,
Men who are not in accord with Your law.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set snares for me. Selah.

Ezekiel 8:12

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

Ezekiel 9:9

Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

Matthew 27:1-2

Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

Acts 4:27-28

For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

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