Psalm 55:3 Parallel Translations

because my enemy shouts at me and a wicked person persecutes me. They bring misery crashing down on me, and they attack me out of anger.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

BBE:

I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast mischief upon me, and in anger they persecute me.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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.

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.

Psalm 55:3 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 16:7 Thus Shimei said when he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow!

2 Samuel 16:8 "The LORD has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And behold, you are taken in your own evil, for you are a man of bloodshed!"

Psalm 17:9 From the wicked who despoil me, My deadly enemies who surround me.

Psalm 71:11 Saying, "God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver."

Psalm 143:3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

55:3 Because of the {b} voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for {c} they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
(b) For the threatenings of Saul and his adherents.
(c) They have defamed me as a wicked person, or they have imagined my destruction.

WES:

55:3 Voice - Their clamours and threats, and slanders. Cast - They lay many crimes to my charge.

MHC:

55:1-8 In these verses we have, 1. David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore, and a relief to the spirit under every burden. 2. David weeping. Griefs are thus, in some measure, lessened, while those increase that have no vent given them. David in great alarm. We may well suppose him to be so, upon the breaking out of Absalom's conspiracy, and the falling away of the people. Horror overwhelmed him. Probably the remembrance of his sin in the matter of Uriah added much to the terror. When under a guilty conscience we must mourn in our complaint, and even strong believers have for a time been filled with horror. But none ever was so overwhelmed as the holy Jesus, when it pleased the Lord to put him to grief, and to make his soul an offering for our sins. In his agony he prayed more earnestly, and was heard and delivered; trusting in him, and following him, we shall be supported under, and carried through all trials. See how David was weary of the treachery and ingratitude of men, and the cares and disappointments of his high station: he longed to hide himself in some desert from the fury and fickleness of his people. He aimed not at victory, but rest; a barren wilderness, so that he might be quiet. The wisest and best of men most earnestly covet peace and quietness, and the more when vexed and wearied with noise and clamour. This makes death desirable to a child of God, that it is a final escape from all the storms and tempests of this world, to perfect and everlasting rest.

CONC:

Anger Bear Bring Cast Cause Cherish Cruel Cry Enemy Enmity Evil Evil-doers Grudge Hate Hold Iniquity Loud Mischief Move Noise Ones Oppression Persecute Pressure Revile Sorrow Stares Suffering Trouble Troubled Voice Weight Wicked Wrath

Anger Bear Cast Cause Cherish Cruel Cry Enemy Evil Evil-Doers Grudge Hate Hold Iniquity Loud Mischief Move Noise Ones Oppression Persecute Pressure Sorrow Suffering Trouble Troubled Voice Weight Wicked Wrath

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