Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 55

This is a scholarly biblical text-comparison resource presenting Psalm 55 (KJV/Hebrew numbering) alongside parallel versions in four textual traditions: the King James Version (with Strong's lexicon numbers embedded after each word for concordance lookup), the Greek Septuagint, the Hebrew Masoretic text, and the Latin Vulgate. The psalm is a lament attributed to David expressing acute distress — fear of death, enemies surrounding the city, and the acute sting of betrayal by a close companion who once "walked unto the house of God in company." Its most theologically memorable moments include the longing to "fly away" on dove's wings into the wilderness, the imprecatory prayer that enemies descend alive into Sheol, and the consoling imperative "Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee." A notable textual anomaly is that while the KJV/Hebrew column contains Psalm 55 (the betrayal psalm), the Greek and Latin columns appear to contain Psalm 56 (Hebrew numbering) — the "trampled all day" psalm with the "put my tears in thy bottle" image — suggesting this resource may be deliberately juxtaposing how the same numerical slot in different manuscript traditions holds entirely different psalms, illustrating the well-known versification divergence between the Hebrew and Greek Psalter traditions.

Polyglot Bible: Psalms: Psalms 55

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