Psalm 86:14 Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God; ruthless people are trying to kill me-- they have no regard for you.

◄ Psalm 86:14 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God; ruthless people are trying to kill me-- they have no regard for you.

English Standard Version
O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.

New American Standard Bible
O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, And a band of violent men have sought my life, And they have not set You before them.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God, arrogant people have attacked me; a gang of ruthless men seeks my life. They have no regard for You.

International Standard Version
God, arrogant men rise up against me, while a company of ruthless individuals want to kill me. They do not have regard for you.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
O God, the wicked are risen up against me, and the assembly of the mighty have sought my soul: and they have not set thee before their eyes.

Darby Bible Translation
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.

Young's Literal Translation
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,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

86:8-17 Our God alone possesses almighty power and infinite love. Christ is the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth of God, in order to walk therein, than to be delivered out of earthly distress. Those who set not the Lord before them, seek after believers' souls; but the compassion, mercy, and truth of God, will be their refuge and consolation. And those whose parents were the servants of the Lord, may urge this as a plea why he should hear and help them. In considering David's experience, and that of the believer, we must not lose sight of Him, who though he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

13, 14. The reason: God had delivered him from death and the power of insolent, violent, and godless persecutors (Ps 54:3; Eze 8:12).