Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

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.

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 faithful love for me is great,
and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
14 God, arrogant people have attacked me;
a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.
They have no regard for You.
15 But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.


Cross References

Psalm 54:3

For strangers rise up against me,
and violent men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.Selah

2 Samuel 15:1-12

After this, Absalom got himself a chariot, horses, and 50 men to run before him.

2 Samuel 16:20-1

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

2 Samuel 17:14

Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”

Psalm 10:4

In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

Psalm 10:11

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

Psalm 10:13

Why has the wicked person despised God?
He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”

Psalm 14:4

Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;
they do not call on the Lord.

Psalm 36:1

For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.An oracle within my heart
concerning the transgression of the wicked person:
There is no dread of God before his eyes,

Psalm 36:11

Do not let the foot of the arrogant man come near me
or the hand of the wicked one drive me away.

Psalm 119:51

The arrogant constantly ridicule me,
but I do not turn away from Your instruction.

Psalm 119:69

The arrogant have smeared me with lies,
but I obey Your precepts with all my heart.

Psalm 119:85

The arrogant have dug pits for me;
they violate Your instruction.

Psalm 140:5

The proud hide a trap with ropes for me;
they spread a net along the path
and 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 doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his idol? For they are saying, ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has abandoned the land.’”

Ezekiel 9:9

He answered me: “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity. For they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land; He does not see.’

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Matthew 27:1-2

When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.

Acts 4:27-28

“For, in fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed,

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