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Psalm 54

Psa. 54:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For strangers
zuwr (Hebrew #2114)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
KJV usage: (come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-)strange(-r, thing, woman).
Pronounce: zoor
Origin: a primitive root
are risen up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
against me, and oppressors
`ariyts (Hebrew #6184)
fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical
KJV usage: mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.
Pronounce: aw-reets'
Origin: from 6206
seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
after my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
: theyk have not set
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
before them. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
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Psa. 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. (Psa. 36:1)

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God,
Selah,
Soul; Spirit,
Stranger

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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strangers.
Psa. 69:8• 8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. (Psa. 69:8)
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Psa. 86:14• 14O 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. (Psa. 86:14)
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Job 19:13‑15• 13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
 14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
 15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. (Job 19:13‑15)
oppressors.
Psa. 22:16• 16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. (Psa. 22:16)
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Psa. 59:3‑5• 3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
 4They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
 5Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. (Psa. 59:3‑5)
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Matt. 27:20‑23• 20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
 21The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
 22Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
 23And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. (Matt. 27:20‑23)
they have.
Psa. 16:8• 8I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. (Psa. 16:8)
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Psa. 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. (Psa. 36:1)
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Psa. 53:4• 4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. (Psa. 53:4)
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John 16:3• 3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. (John 16:3)
• Having no fear of God they are not dependent upon God. (“Psalms 54” by H. Smith)
• Cast out they suffer under a double character of persecution; from the Gentiles (“strangers,” vs. 3) into whose lands bordering Israel they have fled, and from their own apostate brethren (“oppressors,” vs. 3). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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As Ps. 35.4.