Psalms 55
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1Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
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2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
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3Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
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4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
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6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
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8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
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9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
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11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
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12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
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13But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
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14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
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15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
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16As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
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17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
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18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
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19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
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20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
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21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
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22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
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Chapter 55
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Psalms 55:1
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto thei...Psalms 86:6Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.Psalms 61:1Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.Psalms 27:9Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been...Psalms 64:1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalms 55:2
Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fa...Psalms 66:19But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.Psalms 64:1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.Psalms 77:3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed....Psalms 43:2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mournin...
Psalms 55:3
2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and th...Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen...Psalms 35:11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.Psalms 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise,...Psalms 71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deli...
Psalms 55:4
Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I fou...Mark 14:33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, an...Psalms 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.Psalms 6:3My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications w...
Psalms 55:5
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.Job 21:6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my...Isaiah 21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he tur...Job 23:15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Psalms 55:6
Psalms 55:7
Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might l...Jeremiah 37:12Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to se...2 Samuel 17:21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well...Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.2 Samuel 15:14And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and...
Psalms 55:8
Isaiah 4:6And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and f...Matthew 7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon t...Psalms 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.Isaiah 17:12¶ Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the...
Psalms 55:9
Jeremiah 6:7As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violenc...Genesis 11:7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not unde...2 Samuel 15:31¶ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom....John 7:45¶ Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto...Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which a...
Psalms 55:10
Psalms 59:14And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go rou...Isaiah 59:6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with t...Ezekiel 9:4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst...John 18:3Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests an...Acts 9:24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and nig...
Psalms 55:11
Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickednes...Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief...Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their though...Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snar...Acts 7:51¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Ho...
Psalms 55:12
Psalms 41:9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hat...John 13:18¶ I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may...Matthew 26:21And as they did eat, he said,Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray...Psalms 35:26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt:...John 18:2And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted...
Cross References
Psalms 55:1
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto thei...Psalms 86:6Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.Psalms 61:1Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.Psalms 27:9Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been...Psalms 64:1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalms 55:2
Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fa...Psalms 66:19But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.Psalms 64:1Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.Psalms 77:3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed....Psalms 43:2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mournin...
Psalms 55:3
2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and th...Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen...Psalms 35:11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.Psalms 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise,...Psalms 71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deli...
Psalms 55:4
Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I fou...Mark 14:33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, an...Psalms 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.Psalms 6:3My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications w...
Psalms 55:5
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.Job 21:6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my...Isaiah 21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he tur...Job 23:15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Psalms 55:6
Psalms 55:7
Jeremiah 9:2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might l...Jeremiah 37:12Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to se...2 Samuel 17:21And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well...Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.2 Samuel 15:14And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and...
Psalms 55:8
Isaiah 4:6And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and f...Matthew 7:25And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon t...Psalms 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.Isaiah 17:12¶ Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the...
Psalms 55:9
Jeremiah 6:7As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violenc...Genesis 11:7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not unde...2 Samuel 15:31¶ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom....John 7:45¶ Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto...Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which a...
Psalms 55:10
Psalms 59:14And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go rou...Isaiah 59:6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with t...Ezekiel 9:4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst...John 18:3Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests an...Acts 9:24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and nig...
Psalms 55:11
Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickednes...Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief...Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their though...Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snar...Acts 7:51¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Ho...
Psalms 55:12
Psalms 41:9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hat...John 13:18¶ I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may...Matthew 26:21And as they did eat, he said,Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray...Psalms 35:26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt:...John 18:2And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted...