Psalm 54:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Strangers who don’t even think about God have turned against me. Those powerful men are trying to kill me. Selah

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Proud people are attacking me, God. A gang of cruel men is trying to kill me. They don’t respect you.

Deep in the hearts of the wicked a voice tells them to do wrong. They have no respect for God.

They will do this because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.

Those who are evil treat my people like bread to be eaten. And they never ask for God’s help. Don’t they understand what they are doing?

People are trying to kill me. Please disappoint them. Humiliate them completely! They wanted to hurt me. Make them run away in shame!

The “dogs” are all around me— a pack of evil people has trapped me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

I always remember that the Lord is with me. He is here, close by my side, so nothing can defeat me.

My own brothers treat me like a stranger. They act as if I came from a foreign land.

May he send you help from his Holy Place. May he support you from Zion.

Defend me, God. Argue my case against those people who don’t know you. Protect me from those evil liars.