11Giveear to my prayer, O God; And 2do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
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Give3heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my 4complaint and 5am surelydistracted,
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Because of the voice of the enemy, Because* of the 6pressure of the wicked; For they 7bringdowntrouble upon me And in anger they 8bear a grudgeagainst me.
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My 9heart is in anguishwithin me, And the terrors of 10death have fallen upon me.
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Fear and 11tremblingcome upon me, And 12horror has overwhelmed me.
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I said, "Oh*, that I hadwings like a dove! I would flyaway and 13be at rest.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil [A Psalm] of David. The occasion of this psalm was either the persecution of Saul, or the conspiracy of Absalom. Some think it was written when David understood that the inhabitants of Keilah would deliver him into the hands of Saul, 1 Samuel 23:12; and others when the Ziphites attempted a second time to do the same, 1 Samuel 26:1; but since a single person is spoken of that magnified himself against him, Psalm 55:12; and Ahithophel seems to be designed; it may be thought rather to be written on account of Absalom's rebellion, and Ahithophel's counsel against him; who is considered by many Christian interpreters as a type of Judas, the betrayer of our Lord; and, indeed, there are many things in this psalm, if not the whole, which may be truly applied to Christ, as will be seen in the following exposition of it.