Psalm 55 NKJV

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With <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>stringed instruments. A <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>Contemplation of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-55-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Give ear to my prayer, O God,</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-1">And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Attend to me, and hear me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-2">I am<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span> restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Because of the voice of the enemy,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-3">Because of the oppression of the wicked;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-3">For they bring down trouble upon me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-3">And in wrath they hate me.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My heart is severely pained within me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-4">And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-5">And horror has overwhelmed me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-6">I would fly away and be at rest.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Indeed, I would wander far off,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-7"><i>And</i> remain in the wilderness. <i class="selah">Selah</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I would hasten my escape</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-8">From the windy storm <i>and</i> tempest.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Destroy, O Lord, <i>and</i> divide their <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>tongues,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-9">For I have seen violence and strife in the city.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Day and night they go around it on its walls;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-10">Iniquity and trouble <i>are</i> also in the midst of it.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Destruction <i>is</i> in its midst;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-11">Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For <i>it is</i> not an enemy <i>who</i> reproaches me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-12">Then I could bear <i>it.</i></span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-12">Nor <i>is it</i> one <i>who</i> hates me who has exalted <i>himself</i> against me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-12">Then I could hide from him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But <i>it was</i> you, a man my equal,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-13">My companion and my acquaintance.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>We took sweet counsel together,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-14"><i>And</i> walked to the house of God in the throng.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Let death seize them;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-15">Let them go down alive into <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>hell,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-15">For wickedness <i>is</i> in their dwellings <i>and</i> among them.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>As for me, I will call upon God,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-16">And the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> shall save me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Evening and morning and at noon</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-17">I will pray, and cry aloud,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-17">And He shall hear my voice.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle <i>that was</i> against me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-18">For there were many against me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>God will hear, and afflict them,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-19">Even He who abides from of old. <i class="selah">Selah</i></span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-19">Because they do not change,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-19">Therefore they do not fear God.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-20">He has broken his <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>covenant.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><i>The words</i> of his mouth were smoother than butter,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-21">But war <i>was</i> in his heart;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-21">His words were softer than oil,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-21">Yet they <i>were</i> drawn swords.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Cast your burden on the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-22">And He shall sustain you;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-22">He shall never permit the righteous to be <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>moved.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-23">Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-55-23">But I will trust in You.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-14734a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 55:1">Psalm 55:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>neginoth</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14734b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 55:1">Psalm 55:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>Maschil</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14735c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 55:2">Psalm 55:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>wander</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14742d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 55:9">Psalm 55:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>speech,</i> their counsel</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14748e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 55:15">Psalm 55:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Sheol</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14753f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 55:20">Psalm 55:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>treaty</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14755g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 55:22">Psalm 55:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>shaken</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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