psalms 54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

psalms 54:3 For strangers have risen against me, And violent men have sought my life; They have not set God before them. Selah.

3. strangers--perhaps Ziphites.
oppressors--literally, "terrible ones" (Isa 13:11; 25:3). Such were Saul and his army.
not set . . . them--acted as atheists, without God's fear (compare Ps 16:8).

psalms 54:3 For strangers have risen against me, And violent men have sought my life; They have not set God before them. Selah.

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