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Psalms 55:1-8
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Psalms 55:1-8
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For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David.
1
[a]
[b]
Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;
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hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
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because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger.
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My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.
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Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
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I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
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I would flee far away and stay in the desert;
[c]
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I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”
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13
1.
Psalms 27:9
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Psalms 61:1
;
Lamentations 3:56
2.
Psalms 4:1
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Psalms 66:19
3.
1 Samuel 1:15-16
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Psalms 77:3
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Psalms 86:6-7
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Psalms 142:2
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Isaiah 38:14
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S
2 Samuel 16:6-8
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Psalms 17:9
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Psalms 143:3
5.
S
Psalms 44:16
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Psalms 71:11
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S
Psalms 6:3
8.
S
Job 18:11
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Psalms 116:3
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Job 4:14
; S
2 Corinthians 7:15
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Job 21:6
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Psalms 119:120
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Deuteronomy 28:67
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Isaiah 21:4
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Jeremiah 46:5
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Jeremiah 49:5
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Ezekiel 7:18
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1 Samuel 23:14
12.
Psalms 31:20
13.
Psalms 77:18
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Isaiah 4:6
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Isaiah 25:4
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Isaiah 28:2
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Isaiah 29:6
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Isaiah 32:2
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[a].
In Hebrew texts 55:1-23 is numbered 55:2-24.
[b].
Title: Probably a literary or musical term
[c].
The Hebrew has "Selah" (a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.
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