{"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/dbt/psalms/55","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:52:13.163Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":55,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":54,"nextChapter":56,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,"},{"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 writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Fear 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! I would fly away, and be at rest;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Swallow them up, Lord; 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; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me then would I have hidden myself from him;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ..."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ... because there is no change in them, and they fear not God."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are 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":"And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 55 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 55](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/55)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/55 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}