Psalms 55 (NET)

Psalms 55:1¹Listen, O God, to my prayer. Do not ignore my appeal for mercy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:12Ps 86:6Ps 61:1Ps 27:9Ps 64:1Ps 80:1Ps 143:7Ps 54:1-2Ps 84:8Ps 5:1

Psalms 55:2²Pay attention to me and answer me. I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 38:14Ps 66:19Ps 77:3Isa 59:11Ps 64:1Ps 102:9-10Ps 38:6Ps 43:2Ps 13:1-2Ps 32:3

Psalms 55:3³because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 16:7-8Ps 35:11Ps 27:122 Sam 15:32 Sam 19:19Lam 3:34-36Matt 26:59Ps 12:5Ps 17:9Ps 54:3

Psalms 55:4⁴My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 116:3Mark 14:33-342 Cor 1:8-10Heb 5:7Ps 18:4-5Isa 38:10-13Matt 26:37-38Ps 102:3-5Ps 6:3Ps 69:20

Psalms 55:5⁵Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 21:6Ps 119:120Luke 22:442 Sam 15:14Ezek 7:18Isa 21:4Job 23:15-16Job 6:4Ps 42:6Ps 61:2

Psalms 55:6⁶I say, “I wish I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and settle in a safe place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 11:1Rev 12:14Ps 139:9

Psalms 55:7⁷Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 9:22 Sam 15:14Jer 37:122 Sam 17:21-22Prov 6:4-51 Sam 27:1

Psalms 55:8⁸I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 4:6Matt 7:25-27Ps 18:4Isa 17:12-13

Psalms 55:9⁹Confuse them, O Lord. Frustrate their plans. For I see violence and conflict in the city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 6:72 Sam 15:31Acts 23:6-10Gen 11:7-92 Sam 17:1-14Jer 23:14John 7:45-53Matt 23:37-38

Psalms 55:10¹⁰Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 59:14-15Isa 59:6-15John 18:28Acts 9:24Ezek 9:4Ps 59:61 Sam 19:112 Sam 16:21-222 Sam 17:1-2Hos 7:6

Psalms 55:11¹¹Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 59:7Ps 5:9Acts 7:51-52Jer 5:26-27Ps 10:7Ezek 22:1-12Jer 9:3-5Matt 26:4Ps 109:2-3

Psalms 55:12¹²Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 41:9John 13:18Matt 26:21-23Ps 35:26John 18:2-3Isa 10:15Ps 38:16

Psalms 55:13¹³But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 7:52 Sam 15:12Jer 9:4Mark 14:44-452 Sam 16:23Luke 22:47-48Ps 41:9Luke 22:21John 19:13Matt 26:47-50

Psalms 55:14¹⁴We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 42:4Ezek 33:31Isa 2:3Ps 122:1

Psalms 55:15¹⁵May death destroy them. May they go down alive into Sheol. For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 59:13Acts 1:18-20Ps 109:6-20Ps 64:7Ps 9:172 Sam 18:14Acts 1:25Matt 26:24Matt 27:5Num 16:30-34

Psalms 55:16¹⁶As for me, I will call out to God, and the Lord will deliver me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 50:15Luke 6:11-12Ps 73:28Ps 91:15Ps 109:4

Psalms 55:17¹⁷During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:17Eph 6:18Ps 141:2Acts 3:1Heb 5:7Acts 10:9Dan 6:10Mark 1:35Ps 119:147-148Ps 119:62

Psalms 55:18¹⁸He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 4:4Matt 26:53Ps 3:6-7Ps 57:32 Chr 32:7-82 Sam 22:1Ps 27:1-32 Kgs 6:162 Sam 18:28Acts 2:33-36

Psalms 55:19¹⁹God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them. (Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 33:27Zeph 1:12Eccl 8:11Col 1:17Jer 48:11Mic 5:2Rev 6:10-111 Thess 2:15-16Isa 36:20Prov 1:32

Psalms 55:20²⁰He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:1Ps 7:4Ps 89:34Ps 109:5Ps 120:6-71 Sam 22:171 Sam 24:10Eccl 8:2Ezek 17:16-19Ps 89:28

Psalms 55:21²¹His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 57:4Prov 5:3-4Prov 26:28Ps 28:3Luke 20:20-21Prov 26:24-26Ps 12:2Ps 64:3Matt 26:25Prov 12:18

Psalms 55:22²²Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be shaken.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:7Ps 37:5Phil 4:6-7Matt 6:25Ps 62:6Ps 16:8Ps 37:24Ps 27:14Ps 62:2Matt 11:28

Psalms 55:23²³But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 10:27Job 15:32Ps 5:6Eccl 7:17Isa 38:17Ps 7:15-16Ps 73:181 Kgs 2:5-62 Sam 20:9-102 Sam 3:27