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Text -- Psalms 55:1-13 (NET)
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Psalm 55
55:1 For the music director , to be accompanied by stringed instruments ; a well-written song by David . Listen , O God , to my prayer ! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy !
55:2 Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed , I am beside myself ,
55:3 because of what the enemy says , and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.
55:4 My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.
55:5 Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.
55:6 I say , “I wish I had wings like a dove ! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!
55:7 Look , I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness . (Selah )
55:8 I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale .”
55:9 Confuse them, O Lord ! Frustrate their plans ! For I see violence and conflict in the city .
55:10 Day and night they walk around on its walls , while wickedness and destruction are within it.
55:11 Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square .
55:12 Indeed , it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.
55:13 But it is you , a man like me , my close friend in whom I confided .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
David |
Harp |
Insurrection |
Music |
Afflictions and Adversities |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
Neginoth |
DOVE |
Prayer |
Malice |
ABIATHAR |
Friendship |
Hypocrisy |
Ahithophel |
Friends |
Strife |
Psalms |
Anger |
HORROR |
GUIDE |
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NET Notes: Psa 55:2 The verb is a Hiphil cohortative from הוּם (hum), which means “to confuse someone” in the Qal and “to go wil...
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NET Notes: Psa 55:3 The verb form in the MT appears to be a Hiphil imperfect from the root מוֹט (mot, “to sway”), but the Hiphil occur...
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NET Notes: Psa 55:5 Heb “covers.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the preced...
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NET Notes: Psa 55:6 The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive carries on the descriptive (present progressive) force of the verbs in v. 5.
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NET Notes: Psa 55:8 Heb “[the] wind [that] sweeps away.” The verb סָעָה (sa’ah, “sweep away”) occurs only here...
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NET Notes: Psa 55:9 Heb “split their tongue,” which apparently means “confuse their speech,” or, more paraphrastically, “frustrate the plans...
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NET Notes: Psa 55:10 Wickedness and destruction. These terms are also closely associated in Ps 7:14.
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