Psalms 54:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
  • Ps 36:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.
  • Ps 40:14 : 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
  • Ps 53:4 : 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
  • Ps 59:3-5 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD. 4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
  • Ps 69:8 : 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
  • Matt 27:20-23 : 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? [They] all say unto him, Let him be crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
  • John 16:3 : 3 ‹And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.›
  • Job 19:13-15 : 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
  • Ps 16:8 : 8 ¶ I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

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