Psalms 54:3
(54-5) For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2(54-4) O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
4(54-6) Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is for me as the upholder of my soul.
Cross References
Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Psalms 22:16(22-17) For dogs have encompassed me; a company of evil-doers have inclosed me; like a lion, they are at my hands and my feet.
Psalms 40:14(40-15) Let them be ashamed and abashed together that seek after my soul to sweep it away; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that delight in my hurt.
Psalms 53:4(53-5) 'Shall not the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon God?'
Psalms 69:8(69-9) I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
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 →