Psalms 55:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 55:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 55:3 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 55:3 — KJV
“Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.”
— Psalms 55:3 (KJV)
Psalms 55:3 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 55:3
“They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. removed: Heb. for a separation, or, uncleanness it is...: or, their iniquity is their stumblingblock”
Shares key themes with Psalms 55:3: because, cast, iniquity
“For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
Shares key themes with Psalms 55:3: because, enemy, oppression
“Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 55:3: because, voice, wrath
“For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 55:3: because, enemy, wrath
“Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; consume: Heb. crush”
Shares key themes with Psalms 55:3: because, enemy, cast
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