Psalms 54:3

In 11 translations

BSB

For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah

KJV

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

WEB

For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.

ASV

For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. [Selah

LSV

For strangers have risen up against me || And terrible ones have sought my soul, || They have not set God before them. Selah.

YLT

For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.

DBY

For strangers are risen up against me, and the violent seek after my life: they have not set God before them. Selah.Elohim

DRC53:5

For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul: and they have not set God before their eyes.

GNV

For strangers are risen vp against me, and tyrants seeke my soule: they haue not set God before them. Selah.

JPS54:5

For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah

LXXE53:5

For strangers have risen up against me, and mighty men have sought my life: they have not set God before them. Pause.

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WLC54:5

כִּ֤י זָרִ֨ים ׀ קָ֤מוּ עָלַ֗י וְֽ֭עָרִיצִים בִּקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑י לֹ֤א שָׂ֨מוּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְנֶגְדָּ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.54.3

LXX-Br53:5

Ὅτι ἀλλότριοι ἐπανέστησαν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ, καὶ κραταιοὶ ἐζήτησαν τὴν ψυχήν μου, οὐ προέθεντο τὸν Θεὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν· διάψαλμα.

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• Psalms 86:14The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.
• Psalms 36:1An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
• John 16:3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
• Psalms 53:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
• Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
• Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
• Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
• Psalms 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
• Psalms 59:3–5See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD. For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice. O LORD God of…
• Job 19:13–15He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me. My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
• Matthew 27:20–23But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death. “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor. “Barabbas,” they replied. “What then…

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