Psalms 55:1
Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 6:1O Lord, rebuke me not in your wrath, neither chasten me in your anger. 1
Psalms 27:9Save your people, and bless your inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up for ever.
Psalms 54:1Listen, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication. 1
Psalms 64:1Praise becomes you, O God, in Sion; and to you shall the vow be performed. 1
Psalms 80:4For this is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob. 1
Psalms 86:6The Lord shall recount it in the writing of the people, and of these princes that + 86:6 Gr. have been in her. were born in her. 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 →