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Atomic Bible
Psalms 54:3
For strangers rise up against me,
from Save Me by Your Name, Psalms 54:1-7
What it says

He explains that strangers and ruthless men seek his life and do not set God before themselves.

What it is doing

This verse names both the external threat and its godless character.

In context

1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, “Is David not hiding among us?” 2Hear my prayer, O God; 3For strangers rise up against me, 4Surely God is my helper; 5He will reward my enemies with evil. 6Freely I will sacrifice to You; 7For He has delivered me from every trouble,