King James Version
Psalms 55:3 in the King James Version says “Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 55 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
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.
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. overwhelmed: Heb. covered
KJV Study — Public Domain
“because”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“iniquity”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
“upon me and in wrath”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
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