Psalms 55:3
I am wild with the noise of the foe, with the clamor of the ungodly; for they hurl disaster upon me, and attack me with fury.
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2Hear me, and answer; for bitter is my lament.
4My heart shudders within me, terrors of deaths press on me,
Cross References
Psalms 12:5“The poor are despoiled, and the needy are sighing; so now I will act,” the Lord declares “And place them in the safety they long for.”
Psalms 27:12Give me not up, O Lord, unto the rage of my foes; for against me have risen false witnesses, breathing out cruelty.
Psalms 54:3For proud men have risen against me, and terrible men seek my life, men who do not set God before them. Selah
Psalms 73:8Their speech is mocking and evil, condescending and crooked their speech.
Matthew 26:59Meanwhile the chief priests and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such false evidence against Jesus, as would warrant putting him to death,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:2-9
Supplications of David in Distress. 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. 2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. 4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that I had wings… Read the whole commentary →