Psalm 55 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Psalm 55.

Meditate on verses 1 and 2.

Give ear to my prayer, O God,

 and do not hide Yourself from my supplication. 

Give heed to me and answer me;

I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted.

Psalm 55 is another Maskil of David, a thought-provoking psalm. The words of the distracted psalmist bring comfort to those of us who are in similar situations.

Someone who had been David’s friend became his enemy.  David used words like: anguish, fear, trembling, and horror to describe his feelings (Psalm 55:4-5).  And, he took his anguished, fearful, trembling, horrified self to the LORD.

As for me, I shall call upon God,

and the LORD will save me.

 Evening and morning and at noon,

 I will complain and murmur,

 and He will hear my voice.

 He will redeem my soul in peace

 from the battle which is against me…

—Psalm 55:16-18

Contemplate the fact that you can take any situation, any complaint to your LORD. You can talk to Him all day long about what is happening to you and those you love. In fact, He wants you to bring Him your every need.  If you are in the midst of a restless, distracted time of life, use the words of Psalm 55 to voice the cries of your heart.

Pray Psalm 55:1 and 22-23b over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“Give ear to ________ and my prayer, O God,

and do not hide Yourself from our supplication.

We cast our burden upon You, LORD.  Please sustain us!

LORD, make us righteous and do not allow us to be shaken.

LORD, we will trust in You.

Because You are Jesus, in whose name we pray~”