Thematic Bible
Psalm 55:1 (show verse)
{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Psalm 55:2 (show verse)
Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,
Psalm 55:3 (show verse)
Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
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Psalm 55:4 (show verse)
My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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Psalm 55:5 (show verse)
Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Psalm 55:6 (show verse)
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;
Psalm 55:7 (show verse)
Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
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Psalm 55:8 (show verse)
I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.
Psalm 55:9 (show verse)
Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalm 55:10 (show verse)
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 55:11 (show verse)
Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 55:12 (show verse)
For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me then would I have hidden myself from him;
Psalm 55:13 (show verse)
But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ...
Psalm 55:14 (show verse)
We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng.
Psalm 55:15 (show verse)
Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.
Psalm 55:16 (show verse)
As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me.
Psalm 55:17 (show verse)
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.
Psalm 55:18 (show verse)
He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me.
Psalm 55:19 (show verse)
God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ... because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.
Psalm 55:20 (show verse)
He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
Psalm 55:21 (show verse)
Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.
Psalm 55:22 (show verse)
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:23 (show verse)
And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.