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Psalms 55

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1Listen to my prayer, O God. Do not ignore my cry for help! ✦ 2Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles. ✦ 3My enemies shout at me, making loud and wicked threats. They bring trouble on me and angrily hunt me down. ✦ 4My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death assaults me. ✦ 5Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can’t stop shaking. ✦ 6Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest! ✦ 7I would fly far away to the quiet of the wilderness. Interlude ✦ 8How quickly I would escape— far from this wild storm of hatred. ✦ 9Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans, for I see violence and conflict in the city. ✦ 10Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders, but the real danger is wickedness within the city. ✦ 11Everything is falling apart; threats and cheating are rampant in the streets. ✦ 12It is not an enemy who taunts me— I could bear that. It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me— I could have hidden from them. ✦ 13Instead, it is you—my equal, my companion and close friend. ✦ 14What good fellowship we once enjoyed as we walked together to the house of God. ✦ 15Let death stalk my enemies; let the grave swallow them alive, for evil makes its home within them. ✦ 16But I will call on God, and the Lord will rescue me. ✦ 17Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my distress, and the Lord hears my voice. ✦ 18He ransoms me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me, though many still oppose me. ✦ 19God, who has ruled forever, will hear me and humble them. Interlude For my enemies refuse to change their ways; they do not fear God. ✦ 20As for my companion, he betrayed his friends; he broke his promises. ✦ 21His words are as smooth as butter, but in his heart is war. His words are as soothing as lotion, but underneath are daggers! ✦ 22Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall. ✦ 23But you, O God, will send the wicked down to the pit of destruction. Murderers and liars will die young, but I am trusting you to save me. ✦

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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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Lay

  • ★ 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.

Commentaries & study tools

  • 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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