Psaume 55:17-23

17 Le soir, le matin, et à midi, je soupire et je gémis, Et il entendra ma voix.

18 Il me délivrera de leur approche et me rendra la paix, Car ils sont nombreux contre moi.

19 Dieu entendra, et il les humiliera, Lui qui de toute éternité est assis sur son trône; -Pause. Car il n'y a point en eux de changement, Et ils ne craignent point Dieu.

20 Il porte la main sur ceux qui étaient en paix avec lui, Il viole son alliance;

21 Sa bouche est plus douce que la crème, Mais la guerre est dans son coeur; Ses paroles sont plus onctueuses que l'huile, Mais ce sont des épées nues.

22 Remets ton sort à l'Eternel, et il te soutiendra, Il ne laissera jamais chanceler le juste.

23 Et toi, ô Dieu! tu les feras descendre au fond de la fosse; Les hommes de sang et de fraude N'atteindront pas la moitié de leurs jours. C'est en toi que je me confie.

Psaume 55:17-23 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.