Psalms 55:16

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
call	אֶקְרָ֑א 'ek.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
God	אֱלֹהִ֣ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
LORD	וַ֝יהוָ֗ה va.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · conjunction + proper noun, a title
save	יוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי yo.shi.'E.ni	H3467	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Psalms 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Luke 6:11-12 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
Psalms 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Psalms 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Psalms 109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:16–end

In these verses, I. David perseveres in his resolution to call upon God, being well assured that he should not seek him in vain (Psa 55:16): "As for me, let them take what course they please to secure themselves, let violence and strife be their guards, prayer shall be mind; this I have found comfort in, and therefore this will I abide by: I will call upon God, and commit myself to him, and the Lord shall save me;" for whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, in a right manner, shall be saved, Rom 10:13. He resolves to be both fervent and frequent in this duty. 1. He will pray fervently: "I will pray and cry aloud. I will meditate" (so the former word signifies); "I will speak with my o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 55:16

God answers his constant and repeated prayers.

John Gill on Psalms 55:16

As for me, I will call upon God,.... Not upon a creature, on idols and images, on angels or saints departed; but upon God, in his time of trouble, for salvation and deliverance from enemies; who is able to save. This is to be understood of calling upon God in prayer; as Psalm 55:17 explains it, and the Targum here renders it; though sometimes invocation of the name of God takes in the whole of divine worship; and the Lord shall save me; which confidence was founded partly upon his promise to deliver such that call upon him in the day of trouble, Psalm 50:15; and partly upon his power, whose hand is not shortened that it cannot save. The Targum is, "the Word of the Lord shall redeem me.''

John Calvin on Psalms 55:16-19

Psalm 55:16-19 16. I will call upon God, and Jehovah shall save me. 17. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud; and he shall hear my voice. 18. He hath redeemed my soul into peace from the battle which was against me: for they were in great numbers with me. 19. God shall hear, and afflict them, [311] even He who sitteth from ancient time. [312] Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God. 16 I will call upon God. In translating this verse I have retained the future tense of the verb, as the Psalmist does not refer to something already done, but rather excites himself to the duty of prayer, and to the exercise of hope and confidence. Though there was no appa…

The Church Fathers

"Therefore to the Lord I have cried out" [Psalm 55:16]. The Body of Christ and the oneness of Christ in anguish, in weariness, in uneasiness, in the tribulation of its exercise, that One Man, Oneness in One Body set, when He was wearying His soul in crying out from the ends of the earth; says, "From the ends of the earth to You I have cried out, when My heart was being vexed." Himself one, but a oneness that One! And Himself one, not in one place one, but from the ends of the earth is crying as one. How from the ends of the earth should there cry one, except there were one? "I to the Lord have cried out." Rightly do thou cry out to the Lord, cry not to Donatus: lest for you he be instead of the Lord a lord, that under the Lord would not be a fellow-servant.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 55

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Dictionary and topics

Neginoth — I.e., songs with instrumental accompaniment, found in the titles of Ps. 4; 6; 54; 55; 67; 76; rendered “stringed instruments,” Hab. 3:19, A.V. It denotes all kinds of stringed instruments, as the…

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Psalms 55:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 55:16

John Gill on Psalms 55:16

John Calvin on Psalms 55:16-19

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 55:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 55:16

John Gill on Psalms 55:16

John Calvin on Psalms 55:16-19

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 55:9-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 55:12-20

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 55:16