David asks for the Lord's help against godless people who want to kill him. This will be followed by David's confident expression of trust in God.

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

For strangers are risen up against me. Meaning such as Doeg the Edomite, or Heathen soldiers, that Saul had hired and took into his army, who were aliens ...

In a season of profound distress, David raises his voice in a heartfelt plea, fully aware of the threats posed by those who seek his harm.

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 on StudyLight.org.

David Guzik commentary on Psalm 54 explains this contemplation of David, who declares God's help to the one who is abandoned and betrayed.

Verse 3. For strangers are risen up against me. Those who had no cause for ill will had gone against him; persons to whom he could have given no offence, for ...

This is a Promise. The verse describes the psalmist's situation of being pursued by violent men, but ends with the promise that those men have not set God ...