Psalms 86:14

86:13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. hell: or, grave

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. violent: Heb. terrible

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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.

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.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set you before them.

86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

What does Psalms 86:14 mean?

Psalms 86:14 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), זֵד (zêd), קוּם (qûwm).

Hebrew interlinear

God,אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

the

proudזֵדzêd/zade'/H2086arrogant

are

risenקוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

against

me,

and

the

assembliesעֵדָהʻêdâh/ay-daw'/H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)

violentעָרִיץʻârîyts/aw-reets'/H6184fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical

men

have

soughtבָּקַשׁbâqash/baw-kash'/H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

after

soul;נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

and

have

not

setשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

thee

before

them.

violent:

Heb.

terrible

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 86:14.

Exodus 4:19

And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 2:7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. of the dust: Heb. dust of the ground

Genesis 2:8

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 21:18

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 86:14 say?

Psalms 86:14 (King James Version) reads: "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. violent: Heb. terrible"

Is Psalms 86:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 86:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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