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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 55 AKJV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/55.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/55-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AKJV</a> > Psalm 55</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/54.htm" title="Psalm 54">◄</a> Psalm 55 <a href="../psalms/56.htm" title="Psalm 56">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">American King James Version</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Cast Your Cares on the Lord<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_samuel/17.htm#15">2 Samuel 17:15-29</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity on me, and in wrath they hate me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen on me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Fearfulness and trembling are come on me, and horror has overwhelmed me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>See, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Day and night they go about it on the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the middle of it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Wickedness is in the middle thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For 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:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But it was you, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Let death seize on them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>As for me, I will call on God; and the LORD shall save me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that stays of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he has broken his covenant.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Cast your burden on the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The American King James Version is Produced by Stone Engelbrite. 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