| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. | 1Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! |
| 2Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught | 2Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, |
| 3at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger. | 3because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me. |
| 4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me. | 4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. |
| 5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me. | 5Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. |
| 6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. | 6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; |
| 7How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah | 7yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah |
| 8I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.” | 8I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.” |
| 9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city. | 9Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city. |
| 10Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within. | 10Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it; |
| 11Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets. | 11ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace. |
| 12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. | 12For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him. |
| 13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. | 13But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. |
| 14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. | 14We used to take sweet counsel together; within God’s house we walked in the throng. |
| 15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes. | 15Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart. |
| 16But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. | 16But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. |
| 17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice. | 17Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. |
| 18He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. | 18He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me. |
| 19God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God. | 19God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah because they do not change and do not fear God. |
| 20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. | 20My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant. |
| 21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed. | 21His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. |
| 22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. | 22Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. |
| 23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You. | 23But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you. |
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