Psalms 55:3

the voice of the enemy Insulting, calumniating, threatening.

oppression A peculiar word, found here only, meaning that his enemies hem him in or crush him down. Cp. the cognate verb in Amos 2:13.

3 b 5. He describes the nature of the persecution from which he is suffering, and its effect upon his spirits.

3 b. they cast iniquity upon me Not, they charge me with crimes of which I am innocent: but, they hurl or roll mischief down upon me, a metaphor from the practice of rolling stones down upon an enemy. Cp. Psalms 140:10 (of hot coals), and similar phrases in Psalms 21:11; 2 Samuel 15:14.

and in wrath&c. And in anger are they hostile unto me: (R.V. persecute me).