{"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/web/psalms/55","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:56:22.307Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":55,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":54,"nextChapter":56,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Attend to 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 bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I said, |Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.| Selah."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God's house with company."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let death come suddenly on 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 on God. Yahweh will save me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don't fear God."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of |Silent Dove in Distant Lands.| A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 55 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 55](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/55)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/55 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}