Psalms 55
1 To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of David to give instruction. Heare my prayer, O God, and hide not thy selfe from my supplication.
Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
2 Hearken vnto me, and answere me: I mourne in my prayer, and make a noyse,
Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,
3 For the voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of ye wicked, because they haue brought iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.
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.
4 Mine heart trembleth within mee, and the terrours of death are fallen vpon me.
My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
5 Feare and trembling are come vpon mee, and an horrible feare hath couered me.
Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a doue: then would I flie away and rest.
And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
7 Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. (Selah)
Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
8 Hee would make haste for my deliuerance from the stormie winde and tempest.
I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and deuide their tongues: for I haue seene crueltie and strife in the citie.
Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
10 Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.
Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
11 Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.
And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
12 Surely mine enemie did not defame mee: for I could haue borne it: neither did mine aduersarie exalt himselfe against mee: for I would haue hid me from him.
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.
13 But it was thou, O man, euen my companion, my guide and my familiar:
But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
14 Which delited in consulting together, and went into the House of God as companions.
Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
15 Let death sense vpon them: let them goe downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes is in their dwellings, euen in the middes of them. (Sheol h7585)
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)
16 But I will call vnto God, and the Lord will saue me.
But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
17 Euening and morning, and at noone will I pray, and make a noyse, and he wil heare my voice.
Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He hath deliuered my soule in peace from the battel, that was against me: for many were with me.
He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.
19 God shall heare and afflict them, euen hee that reigneth of olde, (Selah) because they haue no changes, therefore they feare not God.
God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:
20 Hee layed his hande vpon such, as be at peace with him, and he brake his couenant.
He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
21 The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.
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.
22 Cast thy burden vpon the Lord, and hee shall nourish thee: he wil not suffer the righteous to fall for euer.
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.
23 And thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pitte of corruption: the bloudie, and deceitfull men shall not liue halfe their dayes: but I will trust in thee.
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.
