Psalms 55:16

16 As for me, I will call to God, and Yahweh will save me.

Psalms 55:16 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 55:16

As for me, I will call upon God
Not upon a creature, on idols and images, on angels or saints departed; but upon God, in his time of trouble, for salvation and deliverance from enemies; who is able to save. This is to be understood of calling upon God in prayer; as ( Psalms 55:17 ) explains it, and the Targum here renders it; though sometimes invocation of the name of God takes in the whole of divine worship;

and the Lord shall save me;
which confidence was founded partly upon his promise to deliver such that call upon him in the day of trouble, ( Psalms 50:15 ) ; and partly upon his power, whose hand is not shortened that it cannot save. The Targum is,

``the Word of the Lord shall redeem me.''

Psalms 55:16 In-Context

14 [We] who would take sweet counsel together; in the house of God we would walk with [the] throng.

15 Let death deceive them. May they descend to Sheol alive, because evil [is] in their home [and] {heart}.

16 As for me, I will call to God, and Yahweh will save me.

17 {Morning, noon and night} I will lament and groan loudly, and he will hear my voice.

18 He safely redeems my life from [the] battle against me, because [those standing] against me are among many.