Psalms 55:1
For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Gath. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 6:1For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns for the eighth. 1
Psalms 27:9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: 1 And take care of them, and lift them up forever.
Psalms 54:1For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David. 1
Psalms 64:1For the end, a Psalm and Song of David. 1
Psalms 80:4Blow the trumpet at the new moon, 1 In the glorious day of your feast. 1
Psalms 86:6The Lord shall recount it in the writing of the people, 1 And of these princes that were born in her. Pause. 1
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 →