Psalms 55
1 Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
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.
2 Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,
Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3 At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.
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.
4 My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
My heart is severely pained within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! [for then] I would fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
Lo, [then] I would wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. (Selah)
8 I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
9 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
Destroy, O LORD, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.
11 And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
Wickedness [is] in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12 For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] magnified [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13 But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
But [it was] thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.
14 Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked to the house of God in company.
15 Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them. (Sheol h7585)
Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them. (Sheol h7585)
16 But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me.
17 Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice.
18 He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:
God will hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. (Selah) Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
21 They are divided by the wrath Of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.
[The 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.
22 Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But 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, O Lord.
But thou, O God, wilt 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.
