Psalms 55:1
Listen, God, to my prayer. Don’t hide yourself from my pleading.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
In Context
2Hear me, and answer; for bitter is my lament.
Cross References
Psalms 6:1Rebuke me not, Lord, in your anger, punish me not in your wrath.
Psalms 27:9Hide not your face from me, reject not your servant in anger: for you have been my help. Abandon me not, nor forsake me, O God of my help:
Psalms 54:1Save me, O God, by your name, by your power secure for me justice.
Psalms 64:1Hear, O my God, the voice of my lament: guard my life from the dread of the foe.
Psalms 80:4O Lord of hosts, how long is your anger to smoke, despite the prayer of your people?
Psalms 86:6Listen, O Lord, to my prayer; attend to my plea for mercy.
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 →