Picture Study Bible with Maps and Background Information
psalms 55
1 - Listen to my prayer, God.Don't hide yourself from my supplication.
2 - Attend to me, and answer me.I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
3 - Because of the voice of the enemy,Because of the oppression of the wicked.For they bring suffering on me.In anger they hold a grudge against me.
4 - My heart is severely pained within me.The terrors of death have fallen on me.
5 - Fearfulness and trembling have come on me.Horror has overwhelmed me.
6 - I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove!Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
7 - Behold, then I would wander far off.I would lodge in the wilderness."Selah.
8 - "I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm."
9 - Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language,for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 - Day and night they prowl around on its walls.Malice and abuse are also within her.
11 - Destructive forces are within her.Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.
12 - For it was not an enemy who insulted me,then I could have endured it.Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me,then I would have hidden myself from him.
13 - But it was you, a man like me,my companion, and my familiar friend.
14 - We took sweet fellowship together.We walked in God's house with company.
15 - Let death come suddenly on them.Let them go down alive into Sheol.For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.
16 - As for me, I will call on God.The LORD will save me.
17 - Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress.He will hear my voice.
18 - He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,although there are many who oppose me.
19 - God, who is enthroned forever,will hear, and answer them.Selah.They never change,who don't fear God.
20 - He raises his hands against his friends.He has violated his covenant.
21 - His mouth was smooth as butter,but his heart was war.His words were softer than oil,yet they were drawn swords.
22 - Cast your burden on The LORD, and he will sustain you.He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
23 - But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction.Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days,but I will trust in you.
