Psalms 55:3
1 Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
2 Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
4 My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
5 Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.
- ASV
- Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
- DARBY
- Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
- BLB
- from the voice of the enemy, from the face of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring down trouble upon me, and in anger they hate me.
- ÅB
- for fiendens røst, for den ugudeliges undertrykkelse; for de velter elendighet over meg, og i vrede forfølger de meg.
- OTB
- På grunn av fiendens stemme,
På grunn av de ugudeliges undertrykkelse;
For de legger byrder på meg
Og i sinne bærer de nag mot meg. - B1930
- for fiendens røst, for den ugudeliges undertrykkelse; for de velter elendighet over mig, og i vrede forfølger de mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 16:7–8
And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
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Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
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Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
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They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
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“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
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Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
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To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
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saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
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