Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 great is thy loving kindness toward me, and thou have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. 14 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. 15 But thou, O LORD, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.


Cross References

Psalm 54:3

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

2 Samuel 15:1-12

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared for him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

2 Samuel 16:20-1

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that LORD might bring evil upon A

Psalm 10:4

The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

Psalm 10:11

He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.

Psalm 10:13

Why does the wicked man despise God, and say in his heart, Thou will not require [it]?

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon LORD?

Psalm 36:1

The transgression of the wicked man says within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Psalm 36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners drive me away.

Psalm 119:51

The proud have had me greatly in derision, [yet] I have not swerved from thy law.

Psalm 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me. With my whole heart I will keep thy precepts.

Psalm 119:85

The proud have dug pits for me, who are not according to thy law.

Psalm 140:5

The proud have hid a snare 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, have thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his chambers of imagery? For they say, LORD does not see us. LORD has forsaken the land.

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness. For they say, LORD has forsaken the land, and LORD does not see.

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Matthew 27:1-2

But having become morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people held consultation against Jesus in order to condemn him to death.

Acts 4:27-28

For in truth, against thy holy Boy Jesus, whom thou anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

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