I keep the Lord before me always.\par And I will never leave his right side.\par
Psalm 54:3 - Easy To Read Version Strangers that don’t even worship God\par have turned against me.\par Those powerful men are trying to kill me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [324]})\i0 \par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For strangers are risen up against me, And oppressors seek after my soul: They have not set God before them. Selah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For strangers and insolent men are rising up against me, and violent men and ruthless ones seek and demand my life; they do not set God before them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! American Standard Version (1901) For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. [Selah Common English Bible The proud have come up against me; violent people want me dead. They pay no attention to God. Selah Catholic Public Domain Version Be attentive to me, and heed me. I have been grieved in my training, and I have been disturbed Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled, |
I keep the Lord before me always.\par And I will never leave his right side.\par
May God send you help from his Holy Place.\par May he support you from Zion. {\cf2\super [114]} \par
The “dogs” are all around me.\par That pack {\cf2\super [128]} of evil people\par has trapped me.\par Like a lion, \{they have pierced\}\par my hands and my feet.” {\cf2\super [129]} \par
A bad person does a very bad thing\par when he says to himself,\par “I will not fear and respect God.”\par
Those evil people are trying to kill me.\par Lord, make those people ashamed and disappointed.\par Those people want to hurt me.\par Let them run away in shame!\par
God, there is a man who is not one of your loyal followers.\par That man is crooked and tells lies.\par God, save me from that man!\par Defend me and prove that I am right.\par
God says,\par “Surely those evil people know the truth!\par But they don’t pray to me.\par Evil people are as ready to destroy\par my people as they are to eat food.”\par
My brothers treat me like a stranger.\par My mother’s sons treat me like a foreigner.\par
Proud men are attacking me, God.\par A gang of cruel men\par are trying to kill me.\par And those men don’t respect you.\par
People will do these things because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.