Psalms 55:1
Give ear, O God, to my prayer, And do not hide thyself from my supplication:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
In Context
2Attend unto me, and answer me, I may ramble in my complaining, And be driven to and fro—
Cross References
Psalms 6:1O Yahweh! do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me.
Psalms 27:9Do not hide thy face from me, Do not repulse, in thine anger, thine own servant,—My help, thou hast been, Do not send me away nor forsake me, O my saving God!
Psalms 54:1O God! by thine own Name, save me, And, by thine own strength, wilt thou vindicate me?
Psalms 64:1Hear, O God, my voice when I complain, From dread peril by the foe, wilt thou guard my life.
Psalms 80:4O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?
Psalms 86:6Give ear, O Yahweh, unto my prayer, And attend unto the voice of my supplications.
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 →