Psalms 54:3
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 54 connects to 10 cross-references. A Maskil of David attributed to the Ziphites' betrayal to Saul. The brief lament asks God to save by his name and vindicate by his might against strangers and ruthless men. David expresses confident trust that God is his helper …
Other Translations
For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. [Selah
For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.
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.)
Cross References
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their …
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and …
I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful …
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor …
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called …
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward …
The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.