Psalms 55:3
For the voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of ye wicked, because they haue brought iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2Hearken vnto me, and answere me: I mourne in my prayer, and make a noyse,
4Mine heart trembleth within mee, and the terrours of death are fallen vpon me.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7And thus sayde Shimei when hee cursed, Come forth, come foorth thou murtherer, and wicked man.
Psalms 12:5Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.
Psalms 27:12Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly.
Psalms 54:3For strangers are risen vp against me, and tyrants seeke my soule: they haue not set God before them. Selah.
Psalms 73:8They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously.
Matthew 26:59Nowe the chiefe Priestes and the Elders, and all the whole councill sought false witnesse against Iesus, to put 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 →