Psalms 54:3
For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
4Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
Cross References
Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Psalms 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
Psalms 53:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
Psalms 69:8I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,
Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 54:2-4
Complaints. 1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. 2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. We may observe here, 1. The great distress that David was now in, which the title gives an account of. The Ziphim came of their own accord, and informed Saul where David was, with a promise to deliver him into his hand. One would have thought that when David had… Read the whole commentary →