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Psalm 55 – King James Version (KJV)

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Prayer for the Destruction of the Treacherous.

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Psa 55:1 - [[To the chief Musician^H5329 on Neginoth,^H5058 Maschil,^H4905 A Psalm of David.]]^H1732 Give ear^H238 to my prayer,^H8605 O God;^H430 and^H408^➔ hide^H5956^➔ not^➔^H408 thyself^➔^H5956 from my supplication.^H8467

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Psa 55:2 - Attend^H7181 unto me, and hear me:^H6030 I mourn^H7300 in my complaint,^H7879 and make a noise;^H1949

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Psa 55:3 - Because of the voice^H6963 of the enemy,^H341 because^H6440 of the oppression^H6125 of the wicked:^H7563 for^H3588 they cast^H4131 iniquity^H205 upon me,^H5921 and in wrath^H639 they hate me.^H7852

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Psa 55:4 - My heart^H3820 is sore pained^H2342 within me:^H7130 and the terrors^H367 of death^H4194 are fallen^H5307 upon me.^H5921

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Psa 55:5 - Fearfulness^H3374 and trembling^H7461 are come^H935 upon me, and^H3680^➔ horror^H6427 hath overwhelmed me.^➔^H3680

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Psa 55:6 - And I said,^H559 Oh that^H4310 I had^H5414 wings^H83 like a dove!^H3123 for then would I fly away,^H5774 and be at rest.^H7931

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Psa 55:7 - Lo,^H2009 then would^H5074^➔ I^H7368^➔ wander^➔^H5074 far off,^➔^H7368 and remain^H3885 in the wilderness.^H4057 Selah.^H5542

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Psa 55:8 - I would hasten^H2363 my^H589 escape^H4655 from the windy^H7307 storm^H5584 and tempest.^H5591

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Psa 55:9 - Destroy,^H1104 O Lord,^H136 and divide^H6385 their tongues:^H3956 for^H3588 I have seen^H7200 violence^H2555 and strife^H7379 in the city.^H5892

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Psa 55:10 - Day^H3119 and night^H3915 they go about it^H5437 upon^H5921 the walls thereof:^H2346 mischief also^H205 and sorrow^H5999 are in the midst of it.^H7130

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Psa 55:11 - Wickedness^H1942 is in the midst thereof:^H7130 deceit^H8496 and guile^H4820 depart^H4185 not^H3808 from her streets.^H7339

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Psa 55:12 - For^H3588 it was not^H3808 an enemy^H341 that reproached me;^H2778 then I could have borne^H5375 it: neither^H3808 was it he that hated me^H8130 that did magnify^H1431 himself against me;^H5921 then I would have hid myself^H5641 from him:^H4480

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Psa 55:13 - But^H859^➔ it was thou,^➔^H859 a man^H582 mine equal,^H6187 my guide,^H441 and mine acquaintance.^H3045

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Psa 55:14 - We took sweet^H4985 counsel^H5475 together,^H3162 and walked^H1980 unto the house^H1004 of God^H430 in company.^H7285

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Psa 55:15 - Let^H5377^➔ death^H4194 seize^➔^H5377 upon them,^H5921 and let them go down^H3381 quick^H2416 into hell:^H7585 for^H3588 wickedness^H7451 is in their dwellings,^H4033 and among them.^H7130

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Psa 55:16 - As for me,^H589 I will call^H7121 upon^H413 God;^H430 and the LORD^H3068 shall save me.^H3467

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Psa 55:17 - Evening,^H6153 and morning,^H1242 and at noon,^H6672 will I pray,^H7878 and cry aloud:^H1993 and he shall hear^H8085 my voice.^H6963

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Psa 55:18 - He hath delivered^H6299 my soul^H5315 in peace^H7965 from the battle^H7128 that was against me:^H589 for^H3588 there were^H1961 many^H7227 with me.^H5978

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Psa 55:19 - God^H410 shall hear,^H8085 and afflict them,^H6031 even he that abideth^H3427 of old.^H6924 Selah.^H5542 Because^H834 they have no^H369 changes,^H2487 therefore^H3808^➔ they fear^H3372 not^➔^H3808 God.^H430

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Psa 55:20 - He hath put forth^H7971 his hands^H3027 against such as be at peace with him:^H7965 he hath broken^H2490 his covenant.^H1285

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Psa 55:21 - The words of his mouth^H6310 were smoother^H2505 than butter,^H4260 but war^H7128 was in his heart:^H3820 his words^H1697 were softer^H7401 than oil,^H8081 yet^H1992^➔ were they^➔^H1992 drawn swords.^H6609

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Psa 55:22 - Cast^H7993 thy burden^H3053 upon^H5921 the LORD,^H3068 and he^H1931 shall sustain thee:^H3557 he shall^H5414^➔ never^H3808 suffer^➔^H5414 the righteous^H6662 to^H5769 be moved.^H4131

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Psa 55:23 - But thou,^H859 O God,^H430 shalt bring them down^H3381 into the pit^H875 of destruction:^H7845 bloody^H1818 and deceitful^H4820 men^H376 shall^H2673^➔ not^H3808 live out half^➔^H2673 their days;^H3117 but I^H589 will trust^H982 in thee.

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