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Psalms 55

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1Listen to my prayer, God; And do not hide Yourself from my pleading. ✦ 2Give Your attention to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and severely distracted, ✦ 3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the pressure of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me And in anger they hold a grudge against me. ✦ 4¶My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. ✦ 5Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. ✦ 6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. ✦ 7“Behold, I would flee far away, I would spend my nights in the wilderness. Selah ✦ 8“I would hurry to my place of refuge From the stormy wind and heavy gale.” ✦ 9¶Confuse them, Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city. ✦ 10Day and night they go around her upon her walls, And evil and harm are in her midst. ✦ 11Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets. ✦ 12¶For it is not an enemy who taunts me, Then I could endure it; Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him. ✦ 13But it is you, a man my equal, My companion and my confidant; ✦ 14We who had sweet fellowship together, Walked in the house of God among the commotion. ✦ 15May death come deceitfully upon them; May they go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst. ✦ 16¶As for me, I shall call upon God, And the Lord will save me. ✦ 17Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and moan, And He will hear my voice. ✦ 18He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are many who are aggressive toward me. ✦ 19God will hear and humiliate them— Even the One who sits enthroned from ancient times— Selah With whom there is no change, And who do not fear God. ✦ 20He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; He has violated his covenant. ✦ 21His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords. ✦ 22¶Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. ✦ 23But You, 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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