Psalms 55:12-22

12 For it is ¹not an enemy who reproaches me, Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who hates me who ²has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him.

13 But it is you, a man my equal, My ³companion and my ⁴familiar friend;

14 We who had sweet fellowship together ⁵Walked in the house of God in the throng.

15 Let death come ⁶deceitfully upon them; Let them ⁷go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

16 As for me, I shall ⁸call upon God, And the LORD will save me.

17 ⁹Evening and ¹⁰morning and at ¹¹noon, I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice.

18 He will ¹²redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are ¹³many who strive with me.

19 God will ¹⁴hear and answer them- Even the one ¹⁵who sits enthroned from of old - Selah. With whom there is no change, And who ¹⁶do not fear God.

20 He has put forth his hands against ¹⁷those who were at peace with him; He has ¹⁸violated his covenant.

21 His speech was ¹⁹smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were ²⁰softer than oil, Yet they were drawn ²¹swords.

22 ²²Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; ²³He will never * allow the righteous to ²⁴be shaken.

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Psalms 55:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 24

1. Psalms 41:9
2. Psalms 35:26
3. 2 Samuel 15:12
4. Job 19:14; Psalms 41:9
5. Psalms 42:4
6. Psalms 64:7; Proverbs 6:15; Isaiah 47:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
7. Numbers 16:30, 33
8. Psalms 57:2, 3
9. Psalms 141:2; Daniel 6:10; Acts 3:1; Acts 10:3, 30
10. Psalms 5:3; Psalms 88:13; Psalms 92:2
11. Acts 10:9
12. Psalms 103:4
13. Psalms 56:2
14. Psalms 78:59
15. Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalms 90:2; Psalms 93:2
16. Psalms 36:1
17. Psalms 7:4; Psalms 120:7
18. Numbers 30:2; Psalms 89:34
19. Psalms 12:2; Psalms 28:3; Proverbs 5:3, 4
20. Psalms 12:2; Psalms 28:3; Proverbs 5:3, 4
21. Psalms 57:4; Psalms 59:7
22. Psalms 37:5; 1 Peter 5:7
23. Psalms 37:24
24. Psalms 15:5; Psalms 112:6

Footnotes 13

[a]. Lit "according to my valuation"
[b]. Or "acquaintance"
[c]. Lit "counsel;" or "intimacy"
[d]. Another reading is "desolations be upon them"
[e]. I.e. the nether world
[f]. Or "so that none may approach me"
[g]. Or "afflict"
[h]. Or "abides from"
[i]. Lit "are no changes"
[j]. Lit "profaned"
[k]. Lit "mouth"
[l]. Or "what He has given you"
[m]. Or "totter"

Psalms 55:12-22

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Psalms 55:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

Cross References 24

Footnotes 13