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Psalms 55

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. ✦ 2Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught ✦ 3at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger. ✦ 4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me. ✦ 5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me. ✦ 6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. ✦ 7How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah ✦ 8I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.” ✦ 9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city. ✦ 10Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within. ✦ 11Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets. ✦ 12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. ✦ 13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. ✦ 14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. ✦ 15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes. ✦ 16But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. ✦ 17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice. ✦ 18He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. ✦ 19God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God. ✦ 20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. ✦ 21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed. ✦ 22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. ✦ 23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will 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 ·5Ps 64 ·4Ps 109 ·42 Sam 17 ·4Ps 5 ·4Ps 62 ·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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