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Psalms Chapter 55

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Psalms

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David prays for his friend who has betrayed him, asking God to bring the man to his death or to forgive him. He confesses his own unfaithfulness and seeks God’s mercy. The chapter highlights the tension between personal sin and the desire for divine justice.

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(1) 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.
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Psalms 6:1Psalms 54:1Psalms 5:1Psalms 17:1Psalms 64:1Psalms 80:1Psalms 84:8I Peter 3:12Psalms 28:1Psalms 80:4Psalms 143:7Lamentations 3:8

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Psalms 54:1Psalms 4:1Psalms 13:1Nehemiah 1:11Psalms 5:1Psalms 17:1

(2) Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
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Psalms 13:1Psalms 13:2Psalms 32:3Psalms 38:6Psalms 43:2Psalms 102:9Psalms 102:10Isaiah 38:14

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II Kings 7:6Ezra 3:13Ezekiel 1:24Ezekiel 3:13

(3) 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.
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Psalms 12:5Psalms 54:3Psalms 73:8Lamentations 3:34Lamentations 3:35Lamentations 3:36Psalms 27:12Psalms 35:11II Samuel 15:3II Samuel 16:7II Samuel 16:8II Samuel 19:19

(4) My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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Psalms 6:3Psalms 69:20Psalms 88:3Psalms 102:3Psalms 102:4Psalms 102:5Matthew 26:37Matthew 26:38Mark 14:33Mark 14:34John 12:27II Corinthians 1:8

(5) Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
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Psalms 119:120II Samuel 15:14Job 6:4Job 23:15Job 23:16Psalms 42:6Psalms 61:2Psalms 88:15Psalms 88:16Luke 22:44

(6) And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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Psalms 11:1Psalms 139:9Revelation 12:14

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Psalms 18:10Zechariah 5:9

(7) Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
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I Samuel 27:1II Samuel 15:14II Samuel 17:21II Samuel 17:22Proverbs 6:4Proverbs 6:5Jeremiah 9:2Jeremiah 37:12

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Numbers 14:33

(8) I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
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Psalms 18:4Isaiah 17:12Isaiah 17:13Matthew 7:25Matthew 7:26Matthew 7:27

(9) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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Genesis 11:7Genesis 11:8Genesis 11:9II Samuel 15:31II Samuel 17:1II Samuel 17:2II Samuel 17:3II Samuel 17:4II Samuel 17:5II Samuel 17:6II Samuel 17:7II Samuel 17:8

(10) Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
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Psalms 59:6Psalms 59:14Psalms 59:15I Samuel 19:11II Samuel 17:1II Samuel 17:2Hosea 7:6Micah 2:1Micah 2:2John 18:3John 18:28Acts 9:24

(11) Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
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Ezekiel 22:1Ezekiel 22:2Ezekiel 22:3Ezekiel 22:4Ezekiel 22:5Ezekiel 22:6Ezekiel 22:7Ezekiel 22:8Ezekiel 22:9Ezekiel 22:10Ezekiel 22:11Ezekiel 22:12

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Jeremiah 44:9Lamentations 4:15

(12) 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:
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Psalms 41:9Psalms 35:26Psalms 38:16Isaiah 10:15Matthew 26:21Matthew 26:22Matthew 26:23John 13:18John 18:2John 18:3

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Ezekiel 38:23Deuteronomy 21:15

(13) But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
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II Samuel 15:12II Samuel 16:23Jeremiah 9:4Micah 7:5John 19:13Matthew 26:47Matthew 26:48Matthew 26:49Matthew 26:50Mark 14:44Mark 14:45Luke 22:21

(14) We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
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Psalms 42:4Psalms 122:1Isaiah 2:3Ezekiel 33:31

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II Samuel 17:14

(15) Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
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Psalms 59:13Psalms 69:22Psalms 69:23Psalms 69:24Psalms 69:25Psalms 69:26Psalms 69:27Psalms 69:28Psalms 109:6Psalms 109:7Psalms 109:8Psalms 109:9

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Jeremiah 44:9

(16) As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
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Psalms 50:15Psalms 73:28Psalms 91:15Psalms 109:4Luke 6:11Luke 6:12

(17) Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
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Psalms 5:2Psalms 5:3Psalms 119:62Psalms 119:147Psalms 119:148Daniel 6:10Daniel 6:13Mark 1:35Mark 6:46Mark 6:48Luke 18:1Luke 18:2

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II Chronicles 13:11I Kings 18:27Job 19:7

(18) He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
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Psalms 3:6Psalms 3:7Psalms 27:1Psalms 27:2Psalms 27:3Psalms 57:3Psalms 118:10Psalms 118:11Psalms 118:12II Samuel 18:28II Samuel 22:1Acts 2:33

(19) God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
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Psalms 65:5Psalms 143:12I Thessalonians 2:15I Thessalonians 2:16Revelation 6:10Revelation 6:11Psalms 90:1Psalms 90:2Deuteronomy 33:27Micah 5:2Colossians 1:17Psalms 73:5

(20) He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
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I Samuel 22:17I Samuel 24:10II Samuel 18:12Acts 12:1Psalms 7:4Psalms 109:5Psalms 120:6Psalms 120:7Psalms 89:28Psalms 89:34Psalms 89:38II Samuel 2:4

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Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9

(21) 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.
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Psalms 28:3Psalms 57:4Psalms 62:4Psalms 64:3Proverbs 5:3Proverbs 5:4Proverbs 12:18Proverbs 26:24Proverbs 26:25Proverbs 26:26Proverbs 26:28Matthew 26:25

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Isaiah 21:15Leviticus 7:12

(22) Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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Psalms 27:14Psalms 37:5Psalms 42:10Psalms 42:11Psalms 62:8Psalms 63:8Isaiah 50:10Matthew 6:25Matthew 6:31Matthew 6:32Matthew 6:33Matthew 6:34

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Matthew 10:41Jeremiah 23:38

(23) But thou, O God, shalt 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.
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Psalms 7:15Psalms 7:16Psalms 58:9Psalms 59:12Psalms 59:13Proverbs 15:11Proverbs 27:20Isaiah 38:17Psalms 5:6II Samuel 3:27II Samuel 20:9II Samuel 20:10

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Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20Exodus 25:10Exodus 37:1Revelation 9:2

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