Psalms 55:16

THE MESSAGE

I call to God; God will help me. At dusk, dawn, and noon I sigh deep sighs—he hears, he rescues. My life is well and whole, secure in the middle of danger Even while thousands are lined up against me. God hears it all, and from his judge's bench puts them in their place. But, set in their ways, they won't change; they pay him no mind.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But I call to God,and the Lord will save me.

Hebrew Names Version
As for me, I will call on God. The LORD will save me.

King James Version
As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.

English Standard Version
But I call to God, and the Lord will save me.

New Century Version
But I will call to God for help, and the Lord will save me.

New English Translation
As for me, I will call out to God, and the Lord will deliver me.

Amplified Bible
As for me, I shall call upon God, And the LORD will save me.

New American Standard Bible
As for me, I shall call upon God, And the LORD will save me.

World English Bible
As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But I will call vnto God, and the Lord will saue me.

Legacy Standard Bible
As for me, I shall call upon God,And Yahweh will save me.

Berean Standard Bible
But I call to God, and the LORD will save me.

Contemporary English Version
I ask for your help, Lord God, and you will keep me safe.

Complete Jewish Bible
May he put death on them; let them go down alive to Sh'ol; for evil is in their homes and also in their hearts.

Darby Translation
As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me.

Easy-to-Read Version
I will call to God for help, and the Lord will save me.

George Lamsa Translation
As for me, I will call upon God; and God shall save me.

Good News Translation
But I call to the Lord God for help, and he will save me.

Lexham English Bible
As for me, I will call to God, and Yahweh will save me.

Literal Translation
I, even I, will call to God, and Jehovah will save me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In the eueninge, mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne and complayne: and he shal heare my voyce.

American Standard Version
As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.

Bible in Basic English
As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
May He incite death against them, let them go down alive into the nether-world; for evil is in their dwelling, and within them.

King James Version (1611)
As for me, I will call vpon God: and the Lord shall saue me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
As for me I wyll crye vnto the Lord: and God wyll saue me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But Y criede to thee, Lord; and the Lord sauede me.

Update Bible Version
As for me, I will call on God; And Yahweh will save me.

Webster's Bible Translation
As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me.

New King James Version
As for me, I will call upon God, And the LORD shall save me.

New Living Translation
But I will call on God, and the Lord will rescue me.

New Life Bible
As for me, I will call on God and the Lord will save me.

New Revised Standard
But I call upon God, and the Lord will save me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, unto God, will cry, - And, Yahweh, will save me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(54-17) But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.

Revised Standard Version
But I call upon God; and the LORD will save me.

Young's Literal Translation
I -- to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
As for me, I shall call upon God, And the Lord will save me.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶I call to God; God will help me. At dusk, dawn, and noon I sigh deep sighs—he hears, he rescues. My life is well and whole, secure in the middle of danger Even while thousands are lined up against me. God hears it all, and from his judge's bench puts them in their place. But, set in their ways, they won't change; they pay him no mind. ²⁰And this, my best friend, betrayed his best friends; his life betrayed his word. All my life I've been charmed by his speech, never dreaming he'd turn on me. His words, which were music to my ears, turned to daggers in my heart. ²²Pile your troubles on God 's shoulders— he'll carry your load, he'll help you out. He'll never let good people topple into ruin. But you, God, will throw the others into a muddy bog, Cut the lifespan of assassins and traitors in half. And I trust in you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 50:15, Psalms 73:28, Psalms 91:15, Psalms 109:4, Luke 6:11, Luke 6:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:39 - in the morning 2 Samuel 22:4 - so 1 Chronicles 4:10 - called Nehemiah 4:9 - Nevertheless Psalms 4:3 - the Lord Psalms 5:7 - But Psalms 17:6 - I have Psalms 18:3 - I will Psalms 22:2 - I cry Psalms 69:13 - my prayer Psalms 77:1 - I cried Psalms 86:7 - General Psalms 116:2 - therefore Jeremiah 18:19 - Give Micah 7:7 - I will look Luke 18:1 - that Acts 4:24 - they Romans 12:12 - continuing Colossians 4:2 - Continue

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 Psalms 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,

Psalms 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.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As for me, I will call upon God - That is, I have no other refuge in my troubles, yet I can go to him, and pour out all the desires of my heart before him.

And the Lord shall save me - This expresses strong confidence. On the supposition that the psalm refers to the rebellion of Absalom, David was driven from his home, and his throne, and from the house of God - a poor exile, forsaken by nearly all. But his faith did not fail. He confided in God, and believed that He was able to effect his deliverance, and that He would do it. Rarely can we be placed in circumstances so trying and discouraging as were those of David; never should we, in any circumstances, fall to believe, as he did, that God can deliver us, and that, if we are his friends, we shall be ultimately safe.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 55:16. I will call upon God — He foresaw his deliverance, and the defeat of his enemies, and therefore speaks confidently, "The Lord shall save me;" or, as the Targum, "The WORD of the Lord shall redeem me."