Psalms 55
1 Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication.
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication.
2 Be attentive to me, and heed me. I have been grieved in my training, and I have been disturbed
Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
3 at the voice of the adversary and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have diverted iniquities toward me, and they have been harassing me with rage.
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
4 My heart has become disturbed within me, and the dread of death has fallen over me.
My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and darkness has buried me.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, “Who will give me wings like the dove, so that I may fly away and take rest?”
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Behold, I have fled far away, and I linger in solitude.
Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. (Selah)
8 I waited for him who saved me from a weak-minded spirit and from a tempest.
I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.
9 Cast them down, O Lord, and divide their tongues. For I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night, iniquity will surround it upon its walls, and hardship is in its midst,
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
11 with injustice. And usury and deceit have not fallen away from its streets.
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
12 For if my enemy had spoken evil about me, certainly, I would have sustained it. And if he who hated me had been speaking 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 did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:
13 Truly, you are a man of one mind: my leader and my acquaintance,
But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.
14 who took sweet food together with me. In the house of God, we walked side-by-side.
We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.
15 Let death come upon them, and let them descend alive into Hellfire. For there is wickedness in their dwellings, in their midst. (Sheol h7585)
Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. (Sheol h7585)
16 But I have cried out to God, and the Lord will save me.
As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.
17 Evening and morning and midday, I will discourse and announce, and he will heed my voice.
Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
18 He will redeem my soul in peace from those who draw near to me. For, among the many, they were with me.
He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me.
19 God will hear, and He who is before time will humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God.
God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, (Selah) [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God.
20 He has stretched forth his hand in retribution. They have contaminated his covenant.
He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.
21 They were divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart has drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and they are arrows.
His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
22 Cast your cares upon the Lord, and he will nurture you. He will not allow the just to be tossed about forever.
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 Truly, O God, you will lead them away into the well of death. Bloody and deceitful men will not divide their days in half. But I will hope in you, O Lord.
But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
