{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/55","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T20:05:24.564Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":55,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":54,"nextChapter":56,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity on me, and in wrath they hate me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen on me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Fearfulness and trembling are come on me, and horror has overwhelmed me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"See, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Day and night they go about it on the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the middle of it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Wickedness is in the middle thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But it was you, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let death seize on them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"As for me, I will call on God; and the LORD shall save me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that stays of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he has broken his covenant."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Cast your burden on the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 55 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 55](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/55)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/55 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}