Psalms 54:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, the proud have risen against me, and a mob of violent men have sought my soul, and have not set You before them.
  • Ps 36:1 : 1 The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
  • Ps 40:14 : 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame who 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, look, they lie in wait for my life; 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 see. 5 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 have become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother's children.
  • Matt 27:20-23 : 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two do you want me to release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate said unto them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all said unto him, Let him be crucified. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out all the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
  • John 16:3 : 3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Job 19:13-15 : 13 He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are truly estranged from me. 14 My relatives have failed, and my close friends have forgotten me. 15 Those who dwell in my house and my maids count me as 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 surrounded me; the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

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  • 4 Behold, God is my helper: the Lord is with those who uphold my soul.

  • 14 O God, the proud have risen against me, and a mob of violent men have sought my soul, and have not set You before them.

  • Ps 59:3-4
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    3 For, look, they lie in wait for my life; 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 see.

  • Ps 3:1-2
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    1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me.

    2 Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

  • Ps 71:10-11
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    10 For my enemies speak against me; and those who lie in wait for my soul take counsel together,

    11 Saying, God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

  • 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me; into the midst of it they have fallen themselves. Selah.

  • 2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

  • 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

  • 3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • Ps 7:5-6
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    5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

    6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies; and awake for me to the judgment you have commanded.

  • Ps 140:4-5
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    4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to overthrow my steps.

    5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5 Every day they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, waiting for my life.

  • 2 For, behold, your enemies make an uproar: and those who hate you have lifted up their head.

  • 1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; defend me from those who rise up against me.

  • 16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

  • Job 30:12-13
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    12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

    13 They mar my path, they advance my calamity, they have no helper.

  • 4 Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

  • Ps 56:1-2
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    1 Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he fights against me daily oppressing me.

    2 My enemies would daily swallow me up, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

  • 10 They gape upon me with their mouth; they strike me on the cheek reproachfully; they gather themselves together against me.

  • 9 From the wicked who oppress me, from my deadly enemies who surround me.

  • 12 Do not deliver me to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen against me, and such as breathe out violence.

  • 18 He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle against me, for there were many with me.

  • Ps 43:1-2
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    1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

    2 For you are the God of my strength; why do you cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Ps 35:3-4
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    3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against those who persecute me; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

    4 Let them be confused and put to shame that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

  • 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek after my soul; let them be turned back and put to confusion, who desire my harm.

  • 24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

  • 12 His troops come together and raise up their way against me, and encamp around my tent.

  • 13 Let them be confounded and consumed who are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor who seek my hurt.

  • 4 I looked on my right hand and beheld, but there was no one who would know me; refuge failed me; no one cared for my soul.

  • 19 Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.

  • 15 But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; yes, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me, and did not cease:

  • 52 My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause.

  • 20 Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

  • 3 They surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause.

  • 2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to devour my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • 45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their closed places.

  • 49 And who brings me forth from my enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above those who rose up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.

  • 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid from their close places.

  • 9 I will say to God my rock, Why have You forgotten me? why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • 62 The lips of those who rose up against me, and their plot against me all day long.