{"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/asv/psalms/55","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T16:51:57.920Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","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 thyself from my supplication."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its 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 thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many that strove with me."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah The men who have no changes, And who fear not God."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 55 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 55](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/55)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/55 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}