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Psalms 54:3
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Psalms 54:3
3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
3For strangers are risen vp against me, and oppressors seeke after my soule; they haue not set God before them. Selah.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 54:3
Having risen; stood up, come forth, ascended, or returned from death, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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oppressors
Persons who burden or treat others with unjust severity, force, or cruelty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study14O 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.
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Open the full verse study1THE transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
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Open the full verse study3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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Open the full verse study4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
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Open the full verse study13He 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.
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Open the full verse study8I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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Open the full verse study16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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Open the full verse study14Let 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.
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Open the full verse study3For, 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.
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Open the full verse study20But 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.
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Open the full verse study8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
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