Psalms 54:3

אֱלֹהִים בְּשִׁמְךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי וּבִגְבוּרָתְךָ תְדִינֵֽנִי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

In Context

2בְּבוֹא הַזִּיפִים וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְשָׁאוּל הֲלֹא דָוִד מִסְתַּתֵּר עִמָּֽנוּ ׃

4אֱלֹהִים שְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִי הַאֲזִינָה לְאִמְרֵי ־ פִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 16:8שִׁוִּיתִי יְהוָה לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד כִּי מִֽימִינִי בַּל ־ אֶמּֽוֹט ׃

Psalms 22:16יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׂ ׀ כֹּחִי וּלְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֹחָי וְֽלַעֲפַר ־ מָוֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵֽנִי ׃

Psalms 40:14רְצֵה יְהוָה לְהַצִּילֵנִי יְהוָה לְעֶזְרָתִי חֽוּשָׁה ׃

Psalms 53:4כֻּלּוֹ סָג יַחְדָּו נֶאֱלָחוּ אֵין עֹֽשֵׂה ־ טוֹב אֵין גַּם ־ אֶחָֽד ׃

Psalms 69:8כִּֽי ־ עָלֶיךָ נָשָׂאתִי חֶרְפָּה כִּסְּתָה כְלִמָּה פָנָֽי ׃

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 →

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