{"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/erv/psalms/55","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T04:24:39.356Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":55,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":54,"nextChapter":56,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil 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 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 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 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 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 the pit: for wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan: and he shall 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 shall 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 the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But thou, O God, shalt 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 55](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/55)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/55 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}