# Psalm 55 ## Psalm 55:1 - [KJV] Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. - [ASV] Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication. - [YLT] Give ear, O God, *to* my prayer, And hide not from my supplication. ### Notes on Psalm 55:1 - ## Psalm 55:2 - [KJV] Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; - [ASV] Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan, - [YLT] Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise, ### Notes on Psalm 55:2 - ## Psalm 55:3 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me. ### Notes on Psalm 55:3 - ## Psalm 55:4 - [KJV] My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. - [ASV] My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me. - [YLT] My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me. ### Notes on Psalm 55:4 - ## Psalm 55:5 - [KJV] Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. - [ASV] Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me. - [YLT] Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me. ### Notes on Psalm 55:5 - ## Psalm 55:6 - [KJV] And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! *for then* would I fly away, and be at rest. - [ASV] And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest. - [YLT] And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest, ### Notes on Psalm 55:6 - ## Psalm 55:7 - [KJV] Lo, *then* would I wander far off, *and* remain in the wilderness. Selah. - [ASV] Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. *Selah* - [YLT] Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 55:7 - ## Psalm 55:8 - [KJV] I would hasten my escape from the windy storm *and* tempest. - [ASV] I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest. - [YLT] I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind. ### Notes on Psalm 55:8 - ## Psalm 55:9 - [KJV] Destroy, O Lord, *and* divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. - [ASV] Destroy, O Lord, *and* divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city. - [YLT] Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city. ### Notes on Psalm 55:9 - ## Psalm 55:10 - [KJV] Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow *are* in the midst of it. - [ASV] Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it. - [YLT] By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness *are* in its midst, ### Notes on Psalm 55:10 - ## Psalm 55:11 - [KJV] Wickedness *is* in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. - [ASV] Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets. - [YLT] Mischiefs *are* in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street. ### Notes on Psalm 55:11 - ## Psalm 55:12 - [KJV] 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: - [ASV] 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: - [YLT] For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear *it*, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him. ### Notes on Psalm 55:12 - ## Psalm 55:13 - [KJV] But *it was* thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. - [ASV] But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend. - [YLT] But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance. ### Notes on Psalm 55:13 - ## Psalm 55:14 - [KJV] We took sweet counsel together, *and* walked unto the house of God in company. - [ASV] We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng. - [YLT] When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company. ### Notes on Psalm 55:14 - ## Psalm 55:15 - [KJV] Let death seize upon them, *and* let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness *is* in their dwellings, *and* among them. - [ASV] Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. - [YLT] Desolations *are* upon them, They go down *to* Sheol -- alive, For wickedness *is* in their dwelling, in their midst. ### Notes on Psalm 55:15 - ## Psalm 55:16 - [KJV] As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. - [ASV] As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me. - [YLT] I -- to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me. ### Notes on Psalm 55:16 - ## Psalm 55:17 - [KJV] Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. - [ASV] Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice. - [YLT] Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice, ### Notes on Psalm 55:17 - ## Psalm 55:18 - [KJV] He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle *that was* against me: for there were many with me. - [ASV] He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many *that strove* with me. - [YLT] He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me. ### Notes on Psalm 55:18 - ## Psalm 55:19 - [KJV] God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. - [ASV] God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, *Selah* *The men* who have no changes, And who fear not God. - [YLT] God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God, ### Notes on Psalm 55:19 - ## Psalm 55:20 - [KJV] He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. - [ASV] He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant. - [YLT] He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant. ### Notes on Psalm 55:20 - ## Psalm 55:21 - [KJV] *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. - [ASV] His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords. - [YLT] Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart *is* war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they *are* drawn *swords*. ### Notes on Psalm 55:21 - ## Psalm 55:22 - [KJV] Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. - [ASV] Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved. - [YLT] Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous. ### Notes on Psalm 55:22 - ## Psalm 55:23 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] But thou, O God, wilt 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. - [YLT] And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee! ### Notes on Psalm 55:23 -