American Standard Version
Psalms 55
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David.
1Give ear to my prayer, O God;And hide not thyself from my supplication.2Attend unto me, and answer me:I am restless in my complaint, and moan,3Because 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.4My heart is sore pained within me:And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,And horror hath overwhelmed me.6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!Then would I fly away, and be at rest.7Lo, then would I wander far off,I would lodge in the wilderness.[Selah8I would haste me to a shelterFrom the stormy wind and tempest.9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue;For I have seen violence and strife in the city.10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.11Wickedness is in the midst thereof:Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.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:13But it was thou, a man mine equal,My companion, and my familiar friend.14We took sweet counsel together;We walked in the house of God with the throng.15Let death come suddenly upon them,Let them go down alive into Sheol;For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.16As for me, I will call upon God;And Jehovah will save me.17Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan;And he will hear my voice.18He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me;For they were many that strove with me.19God will hear, and answer them,Even he that abideth of old,[SelahThe menwho have no changes,And who fear not God.20He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him:He hath profaned his covenant.21His mouth was smooth as butter,But his heart was war:His words were softer than oil,Yet were they drawn swords.22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee:He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.23But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction:Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;But I will trust in thee.
Commentaries on Psalms 55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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