Psalms 54:3
For, aliens, have risen up against me, And, men of violence, have sought my life, They have not set God before them. [Selah.]
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2O God! Hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth;
4Lo! God, is bringing me help, My Lord, is with the upholders of my life;
Cross References
Psalms 16:8I have set Yahweh before me continually, because he is on my right hand, I shall not be shaken!
Psalms 22:16For dogs have surrounded me,—An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,
Psalms 40:14Let them turn pale and then at once blush, who are seeking my life to snatch it away,—Let them draw back, and be confounded, who are taking pleasure in my calamity;
Psalms 53:4Are the workers of iniquity, without knowledge? Devouring my people, [as] they devour food? Upon God, have they not called.
Psalms 69:8One estranged, have I become, to my own brethren, Yea, an alien, to the sons of my own mother;
Matthew 27:20But, the High-priests and the elders, persuaded the multitudes, that they should claim Barabbas, but, Jesus, should, destroy.
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 →