{"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/wbt/psalms/55","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-13T06:04:03.337Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","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 Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself 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 upon me, and in wrath they hate me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart is severely pained within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away, and be at rest."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Lo, then I would 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 upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Wickedness is in the midst of it: 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 magnified himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But it was thou, 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 upon 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 upon God: and the LORD will save me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"God will hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he hath 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 thy burden upon the LORD, 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: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 55 (WBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 55](https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/55)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/55 (accessed 2026-06-13)."}}