Psalms 55:3
Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,
4My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei in his reviling, 'Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!
Psalms 12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety [him who] doth breathe for it.
Psalms 27:12Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.
Psalms 54:3For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.
Psalms 73:8They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
Matthew 26:59And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might 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 →