Psalm 55
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1Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan,2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
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.3Because 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.
4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.”8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it;10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
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.12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.13But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14We used to take sweet counsel together; within God’s house we walked in the throng.14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16But I call to God, and the LORD will save me.16As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
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.19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant.20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
21His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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.23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
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