NASB Bible Footnotes

Psalms 55

Ps. 55:1

a: Possibly Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm

Ps. 55:1

a: Ps 54:2; 61:1; 86:6

b: Ps 27:9

Ps. 55:2

a: Ps 66:19; 86:6, 7

b: 1 Sam 1:16; Job 9:27; Ps 64:1; 77:3; 142:2

c: Is 38:14; 59:11; Ezek 7:16

1: Or I must moan

Ps. 55:3

a: Ps 17:9

b: 2 Sam 16:7, 8

c: Ps 71:11; 143:3

1: Or wickedness

Ps. 55:4

a: Ps 38:8

b: Ps 18:4, 5; 116:3

Ps. 55:5

a: Ps 119:120

b: Job 21:6; Is 21:4; Ezek 7:18

1: Lit shuddering

Ps. 55:6

a: Job 3:13

1: Lit settle down

Ps. 55:7

a: 1 Sam 23:14

1: Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude

Ps. 55:8

a: Is 4:6; 25:4; 29:6

Ps. 55:9

a: Gen 11:9

b: Ps 11:5; Jer 6:7

1: Lit Swallow up

Ps. 55:11

a: Ps 5:9

b: Ps 10:7; 17:9

1: Or plaza

Ps. 55:12

a: Ps 41:9

b: Ps 35:26

Ps. 55:13

a: 2 Sam 15:12

b: Job 19:14; Ps 41:9

1: Lit according to my valuation

2: Or acquaintance

Ps. 55:14

a: Ps 42:4

1: Lit counsel; or intimacy

Ps. 55:15

a: Ps 64:7; Prov 6:15; Is 47:11; 1 Thess 5:3

b: Num 16:30, 33

1: Another reading is desolations be upon them

2: I.e. the nether world

Ps. 55:16

a: Ps 57:2, 3

Ps. 55:17

a: Ps 141:2; Dan 6:10; Acts 3:1; 10:3, 30

b: Ps 5:3; 88:13; 92:2

c: Acts 10:9

Ps. 55:18

a: Ps 103:4

b: Ps 56:2

1: Or so that none may approach me

Ps. 55:19

a: Ps 78:59

b: Deut 33:27; Ps 90:2; 93:2

c: Ps 36:1

1: Or afflict

2: Or abides from

3: Lit are no changes

Ps. 55:20

a: Ps 7:4; 120:7

b: Num 30:2; Ps 89:34

1: Lit profaned

Ps. 55:21

a: Ps 12:2; 28:3; Prov 5:3, 4

a: Ps 12:2; 28:3; Prov 5:3, 4

b: Ps 57:4; 59:7

1: Lit mouth

Ps. 55:22

a: Ps 37:5; 1 Pet 5:7

b: Ps 37:24

c: Ps 15:5; 112:6

1: Or what He has given you

2: Or totter

Ps. 55:23

a: Ps 73:18; Is 38:17; Ezek 28:8

b: Ps 5:6

c: Job 15:32; Prov 10:27

d: Ps 25:2; 56:3

1: Or lowest pit



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