Psalms 54:3
because strangers are trying to attack me; proud men are wanting to kill me; men who do not have any ◄respect for/interest in► you. (Think about that!)
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
2God, listen to my prayer; listen to what I say to you,
4But God is the one who helps me; Yahweh defends/protects me from my enemies.
Cross References
Psalms 16:8I know that Yahweh is always with me. He is beside me; so nothing will ◄perturb me/cause me to be worried►.
Psalms 22:16My enemies [MET] surround me like a pack/group of wild dogs. A group of evil men has encircled me, ready to attack me. They have already smashed my hands and my feet.
Psalms 40:14Humble those who are happy about my troubles, and cause them to be disgraced and ashamed. Chase away those who are trying to get rid of me.
Psalms 53:4Will all these evil people never learn what God will do to them? They act violently toward Yahweh’s people while eating the food that he provides, and they never pray to Yahweh.
Psalms 69:8Even my own older brothers act as if they do not know me; they treat me like a foreigner.
Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask Pilate to release Barabbas, and to order that Jesus be executed {that his soldiers execute Jesus}.
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 →