Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].
14 
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.
15
But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding 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

After this, 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 me your advice. What should we do?”

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster upon Absalom.

Psalm 10:4


The wicked, in the haughtiness of his face, will not seek nor inquire for Him;
All his thoughts are, “There is no God [so there is no accountability or punishment].”

Psalm 10:11


He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”

Psalm 10:13


Why has the wicked spurned and shown disrespect to God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require me to account.”

Psalm 14:4


Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

Psalm 36:1

Transgression speaks [like an oracle] to the wicked (godless) [deep] within his heart;
There is no fear (dread) of God before his eyes.

Psalm 36:11


Do not let the foot of the proud [person] overtake me,
And do not let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 119:51


The arrogant utterly ridicule me,
Yet I do not turn away from Your law.

Psalm 119:69


The arrogant have forged a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Psalm 119:85


The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,
Men who do not conform to 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 traps 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 do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’”

Ezekiel 9:9

Then He said to me, “The wickedness (guilt) of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of blood and the city is full of perversion and injustice; for they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land; the Lord does not see [what we are doing].’

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the [elegant home of the Jewish] high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Matthew 27:1-2

When it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) conferred together against Jesus, [plotting how] to put Him to death [since under Roman rule they had no power to execute anyone];

Acts 4:27-28

For 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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