King James Version

Psalms 54:4

Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 54:6.

הִנֵּ֣הhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.אֱ֭לֹהִיםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods 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 superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.עֹזֵ֣רozerhelpעָזַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “help”, a verb used as a describing wordH5826to surround, i.e. protect or aidhelp, succour.לִ֑יlitoלִ֑יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toאֲ֝דֹנָ֗יadonayLordאֲדֹנָיnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “Lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)(my) Lord.בְּֽסֹמְכֵ֥יbesomekhein holdסָמַךְpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct — “in hold”, a verb used as a describing wordH5564to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.נַפְשִֽׁיnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(54-6) Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is for me as the upholder of my soul.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, God [is] a helper to me, The Lord [is] with those supporting my soul,

World English Bible

Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.

Darby Translation

Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is among them that uphold my soul.

Douay-Rheims

At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(54-6) Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is for me as the upholder of my soul.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For lo! God assists me; and the Lord is the helper of my soul.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰδοὺ γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς βοηθεῖ μοι, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἀντιλήπτωρ τῆς ψυχῆς μου.