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Psalms 55

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David. Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication. ✦ 2Attend to 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 bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me. ✦ 4My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me. ✦ 5Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me. ✦ 6I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest. ✦ 7Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah. ✦ 8“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.” ✦ 9Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. ✦ 10Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her. ✦ 11Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets. ✦ 12For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him. ✦ 13But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend. ✦ 14We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company. ✦ 15Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling. ✦ 16As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me. ✦ 17Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice. ✦ 18He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me. ✦ 19God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don’t fear God. ✦ 20He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant. ✦ 21His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. ✦ 22Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved. ✦ 23But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Matt 26 ·82 Sam 15 ·6Ps 59 ·52 Sam 18 ·4Ps 73 ·4Ps 27 ·4Ps 62 ·4Ps 5 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 55 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 55YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 55David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 55Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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