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Psalm 54:3

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54:3For foreigners4 attack me;5

ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life.6

(Selah)

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  1. 4 Many medieval Hebrew read זֵדִים (zedim, “proud ones”) rather than זָרִים (zarim, “foreigners”). (No matter which reading one chooses as original, dalet-resh confusion accounts for the existence of the variant.) The term זֵדִים (“proud ones”) occurs in parallelism with עָרִיצִים (’aritsim, “violent ones”) in Ps 86:14 and Isa 13:11. However, זָרִים (zarim, “foreigners”) is parallel to עָרִיצִים (’aritsim, “violent ones”) in Isa 25:5; 29:5; Ezek 28:7; 31:12.
  2. 5 Heb “rise against me.”
  3. 6 Heb “and ruthless ones seek my life, they do not set God in front of them.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For strangers have risen against me;

ruthless men seek my life;

they do not set God before themselves. Selah

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Arrogant foes are attacking me;

ruthless people are trying to kill me—

people without regard for God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For strangers rise up against me,

and violent men intend to kill me.

They do not let God guide them.

Selah

NLTNew Living Translation

For strangers are attacking me;

violent people are trying to kill me.

They care nothing for God.

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LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For foreigners have risen against me,

and ruthless men seek my life.

They have not set God before them. Selah

KJV 1900King James Version

For strangers are risen up against me,

And oppressors seek after my soul:

They have not set God before them. Selah.