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.
In finem, In carminibus, intellectus David. Exaudi Deus orationem meam, et ne despexeris deprecationem meam:
2 Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
intende mihi, et exaudi me. Contristatus sum in exercitatione mea: et conturbatus sum
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.
a voce inimici, et a tribulatione peccatoris. Quoniam declinaverunt in me iniquitates, et in ira molesti erant mihi.
4 My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
Cor meum conturbatum est in me: et formido mortis cecidit super me.
5 Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Timor et tremor venerunt super me: et contexerunt me tenebræ:
6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Et dixi: Quis dabit mihi pennas sicut columbæ, et volabo, et requiescam?
7 How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain.
Ecce elongavi fugiens: et mansi in solitudine.
8 I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
Expectabam eum, qui salvum me fecit a pusillanimitate spiritus, et tempestate.
9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
Præcipita Domine, divide linguas eorum: quoniam vidi iniquitatem, et contradictionem in civitate.
10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
Die ac nocte circumdabit eam super muros eius iniquitas: et labor in medio eius,
11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
et iniustitia. Et non defecit de plateis eius usura et dolus.
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.
Quoniam si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, sustinuissem utique. Et si is, qui oderat me, super me magna locutus fuisset: abscondissem me forsitan ab eo.
13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
Tu vero homo unanimis: dux meus, et notus meus:
14 We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
Qui simul mecum dulces capiebas cibos: in domo Dei ambulavimus cum consensu.
15 Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes. (Sheol h7585)
Veniat mors super illos: et descendant in infernum viventes: Quoniam nequitiæ in habitaculis eorum: in medio eorum. (Sheol h7585)
16 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
Ego autem ad Deum clamavi: et Dominus salvabit me.
17 Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
Vespere, et mane, et meridie narrabo et annuntiabo: et exaudiet vocem meam.
18 He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
Redimet in pace animam meam ab his, qui appropinquant mihi: quoniam inter multos erant mecum.
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.
Exaudiet Deus, et humiliabit illos, qui est ante sæcula. Non enim est illis commutatio, et non timuerunt Deum:
20 My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
extendit manum suam in retribuendo. Contaminaverunt testamentum eius,
21 His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
divisi sunt ab ira vultus eius: et appropinquavit cor illius. Molliti sunt sermones eius super oleum: et ipsi sunt iacula.
22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Iacta super Dominum curam tuam, et ipse te enutriet: non dabit in æternum fluctuationem iusto.
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.
Tu vero Deus deduces eos, in puteum interitus. Viri sanguinum, et dolosi non dimidiabunt dies suos: ego autem sperabo in te Domine.
