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Psalms 86:14

O 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.

KJV

O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.

ASV

אֱלֹהִ֤ים זֵ֘דִ֤ים קָֽמוּ עָלַ֗/י וַ/עֲדַ֣ת עָ֭רִיצִים בִּקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑/י וְ/לֹ֖א שָׂמ֣וּ/ךָ לְ/נֶגְדָּֽ/ם

Hebrew

O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them,

YLT

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
זֵדִ֑ים
zdym
adjective · 12×
י
y
noun · 752×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
עֵדָ֔ה
'dh
noun · 149×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָרִיצִ֖ים
'rytsym
adjective · 20×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 22:3 — The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
  • Matt 26:3 — Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
  • Matt 27:1 — When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  • Ps 14:4 — Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
  • Ps 18:48 — He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
  • Ps 22:16 — For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 31:20 — Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
  • Ps 36:1 — The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
  • Ps 54:3 — For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
  • Ps 54:3 — For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.