Psalms 55

1 For the end, amongst Hymns of instruction by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.

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 listen to me: I was grieved in my (meditation) and troubled;

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

3 because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.

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 was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.

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

5 Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.

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

6 And I said, O that I had wings as [those] of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest.

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

7 Behold! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. (Pause)

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

8 I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.

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

9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gain saying 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 he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness [are] in the midst of it;

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

11 and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.

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

12 For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated [me] had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.

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 you, O man like minded, my guide, and my acquaintance,

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

14 who in companionship with me sweetened [our] food: we walked in the house of God in concord.

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

15 Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them. (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 I cried to God, and the Lord listened to me.

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

17 Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known [my wants]: and he shall hear my voice.

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

18 He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for they were with me in many [cases].

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 shall hear, and bring them low, [even] he that has existed from eternity. (Pause) For they suffer no reverse, and [therefore] they have not feared 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 He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant.

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

21 They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew near them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.

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

22 Cast your care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain you; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

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, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in you, O Lord.

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)