Psalms 54:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah”
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“For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 54:3 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
- Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 20:2May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
- Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- Psalms 36:1An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
- Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- Psalms 53:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
- Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
- Psalms 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
- Psalms 86:14The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.
- Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
- John 16:3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
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