Thematic Bible
Psalm 55:1 (show verse)
Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, and do not hide yourself from my plea.
Psalm 55:2 (show verse)
Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my lamenting and I groan,
Psalm 55:3 (show verse)
because of [the] voice [of] an enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked, because they bring down evil on me, and in anger they hold a grudge [against] me.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 55:4 (show verse)
My heart trembles within me, and deathly terrors fall on me.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 55:5 (show verse)
Fear and trembling come on me, and horror overwhelms me.
Psalm 55:6 (show verse)
So I say, "{Oh, that} I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and be at rest.
Psalm 55:7 (show verse)
Look, I would flee far away. I would dwell in the wilderness. Selah
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 55:8 (show verse)
I would hurry to my refuge from [the] raging wind [and] storm."
Psalm 55:9 (show verse)
Confuse, O Lord; divide their speech, because I see violence and strife in the city.
Psalm 55:10 (show verse)
Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble [are] in its midst.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 55:11 (show verse)
Destruction [is] within it, and oppression and deceit do not depart from its public square.
No Themes for this verse.
Psalm 55:12 (show verse)
For [it is] not an enemy [that] taunts me, or I could bear [it]. [It is not] one who hates me [that] magnifies himself over me, or I could hide myself from him.
Psalm 55:13 (show verse)
But [it is] you, a man my equal, my friend and confidant.
Psalm 55:14 (show verse)
[We] who would take sweet counsel together; in the house of God we would walk with [the] throng.
Psalm 55:15 (show verse)
Let death deceive them. May they descend to Sheol alive, because evil [is] in their home [and] {heart}.
Psalm 55:16 (show verse)
As for me, I will call to God, and Yahweh will save me.
Psalm 55:17 (show verse)
{Morning, noon and night} I will lament and groan loudly, and he will hear my voice.
Psalm 55:18 (show verse)
He safely redeems my life from [the] battle against me, because [those standing] against me are among many.
Psalm 55:19 (show verse)
God will hear and answer them, [he] who [is] enthroned from of old, Selah Because they do not change, and they do not fear God.
Psalm 55:20 (show verse)
He has put forth his hands against {his friends}; he has defiled his covenant.
Psalm 55:21 (show verse)
The {buttery words} of his mouth were smooth, but [there was] battle in his heart. His words were smoother than oil, but they [were] drawn swords.
Psalm 55:22 (show verse)
Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:23 (show verse)
But you, O God, you will bring them down to [the] pit of corruption. [The] men of bloodshed and deceit will not live half their days, but I will trust you.