Psalms 55

1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.

to/for to conduct in/on/with music Maskil to/for David to listen [emph?] God prayer my and not to conceal from supplication my

2 Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught

to listen [emph?] to/for me and to answer me to roam in/on/with complaint my and to make noise

3 at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.

from voice: sound enemy from face: because pressure wicked for to shake upon me evil: wickedness and in/on/with face: anger to hate me

4 My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.

heart my to twist: tremble in/on/with entrails: among my and terror death to fall: fall upon me

5 Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

fear and trembling to come (in): come in/on/with me and to cover me shuddering

6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

and to say who? to give: if only! to/for me wing like/as dove to fly and to dwell

7 How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain.

behold to remove to wander to lodge in/on/with wilderness (Selah)

8 I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”

to hasten escape to/for me from spirit: breath to rush from tempest

9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

to swallow up Lord to divide tongue: language their for to see: see violence and strife in/on/with city

10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

by day and night to turn: surround her upon wall her and evil: wickedness and trouble in/on/with entrails: among her

11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

desire in/on/with entrails: among her and not to remove from street/plaza her oppression and deceit

12 For 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.

for not enemy to taunt me and to lift: bear not to hate me upon me to magnify and to hide from him

13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.

and you(m. s.) human like/as valuation my tame my and to know my

14 We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

which together be sweet counsel in/on/with house: temple God to go: walk in/on/with throng

15 Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes. (Sheol h7585)

(to deceive death *Q(K)*) upon them to go down hell: Sheol alive for bad: evil in/on/with sojourning their in/on/with entrails: inner parts their (Sheol h7585)

16 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.

I to(wards) God to call: call to and LORD to save me

17 Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

evening and morning and midday to muse and to roar and to hear: hear voice my

18 He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.

to ransom in/on/with peace: well-being soul my from battle to/for me for in/on/with many to be with me me

19 God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— (Selah) because they do not change and they have no fear of God.

to hear: hear God and to afflict them and to dwell front: old (Selah) which nothing change to/for them and not to fear: revere God

20 My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

to send: reach hand his in/on/with peace: friendship his to profane/begin: profane covenant his

21 His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

to smooth butter lip: word his and battle heart his be tender word his from oil and they(masc.) drawn sword

22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

to throw upon LORD burden your and he/she/it to sustain you not to give: allow to/for forever: enduring to shake to/for righteous

23 But 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.

and you(m. s.) God to go down them to/for well Pit: hell human blood and deceit not to divide day their and I to trust in/on/with you (questioned)