Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
For the arrogant have arisen against me; oppressors have sought to take my life. They do not keep God in mind! Interlude
New American Standard Bible
And
They have
King James Version
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Holman Bible
and violent men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.
A Conservative Version
For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul. They have not set God before them. Selah.
American Standard Version
For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. Selah
Amplified
For strangers have risen against me
And violent men have sought my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
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.)
Darby Translation
For strangers are risen up against me, and the violent seek after my life: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Julia Smith Translation
For strangers rose up against me, and the powerful sought out my soul: they set not God before them. Silence.
King James 2000
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For foreigners have risen against me, and ruthless [men] seek my life. They have not set God before them. Selah
Modern King James verseion
For strangers have risen up against me, and cruel men seek after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah.
NET Bible
For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
For, aliens, have risen up against me, And, men of violence, have sought my life, They have not set God before them. Selah.
Webster
For strangers have risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
World English Bible
For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 54:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Deliverance
2 God, listen to my prayer, and pay attention to the words of my mouth. 3 For the arrogant have arisen against me; oppressors have sought to take my life. They do not keep God in mind! Interlude 4 Look, God is my helper; the Lord is with those who are guarding my life.
Cross References
Psalm 86:14
God, arrogant men rise up against me, while a company of ruthless individuals want to kill me. They do not have regard for you.
Psalm 36:1
An oracle that came to me about the transgressions of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Job 19:13-15
"My brothers are alienated from me; my acquaintances are estranged;
Psalm 16:8
I have set the LORD before me continuously; because he stands at my right hand, I will stand firm.
Psalm 22:16
For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.
Psalm 40:14
May those who seek to destroy my life be ashamed and confounded; let them be driven backwards and humiliated, particularly those who wish me evil.
Psalm 53:4
Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on God.
Psalm 59:3-5
Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD.
Psalm 69:8
I am a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother's sons.
Matthew 27:20-23
But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be put to death.
John 16:3
They'll do this because they haven't known the Father or me.