Psalms 55:1
Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
In Context
2Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
Cross References
Psalms 6:1Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave.
Psalms 27:9Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.
Psalms 54:1Unto the end, In verses, understanding for David.
Psalms 64:1Unto the end, a psalm for David.
Psalms 80:4Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 86:6Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my petition.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:1
It is the conjecture of many expositors that David penned this psalm upon occasion of Absalom's rebellion, and that the particular enemy he here speaks of, that dealt treacherously with him, was Ahithophel; and some will therefore make David's troubles here typical of Christ's sufferings, and Ahithophel's treachery a figure of Judas's, because they both hanged themselves. But there is nothing in it particularly applied to Christ in the New Testament. David was in great distress when he penned this psalm. I. He… Read the whole commentary →