Psalms 55
1 For the Leader; with string-music. Maschil of David. Give ear, O God, to my prayer; and hide not Thyself from my supplication.
To the choirmaster with stringed instruments a poem of David. Give ear to! O God prayer my and may not you hide yourself from supplication my.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan;
Pay attention! to me and answer me I am restless in complaint my and I am distraught.
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast mischief upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
From [the] sound of an enemy because of [the] pressure of [the] wicked for they drop on me wickedness and in anger they are hostile to me.
4 My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Heart my it trembles within me and [the] terrors of death they have fallen on me.
5 Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Fear and trembling it comes on me and it has covered me shuddering.
6 And I said: 'Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.
And I said who? will he give [will belong] to me wing[s] like dove I want to fly away and I want to settle down.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. (Selah)
Here! I want to be far away [surely] to flee I want to lodge in the wilderness (Selah)
8 I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.'
I want to make haste a place of escape of me from a wind rushing from a storm.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Confuse O Lord divide tongue their for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
By day and night they go around it on walls its and wickedness and trouble [are] in midst its.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.
Destruction [are] in midst its and not it departs from public square its oppression and deceit.
12 For it was not an enemy that taunted me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him.
For not an enemy he taunts me and I may endure not [one who] hates me on me he magnified himself then I may hide myself from him.
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my companion, and my familiar friend;
And you a man according to value my close friend my and acquaintance my.
14 We took sweet counsel together, in the house of God we walked with the throng.
Who together we made sweet counsel in [the] house of God we walked about in a crowd.
15 May He incite death against them, let them go down alive into the nether-world; for evil is in their dwelling, and within them. (Sheol h7585)
(May it deceive death - *Q(K)*) on them may they go down Sheol alive for evil deeds [are] in sojourning-place their in inner being their. (Sheol h7585)
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
I to God I will call out and Yahweh he will save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I complain, and moan; and He hath heard my voice.
Evening and morning and noon I will complain and I may murmur and he heard voice my.
18 He hath redeemed my soul in peace so that none came nigh me; for they were many that strove with me.
He will ransom in peace life my from battle to me for many [people] they are with me.
19 God shall hear, and humble them, even He that is enthroned of old, (Selah) such as have no changes, and fear not God.
He will hear - God - and he will answer them and [the one who] sits antiquity (Selah) whom not changes [belong] to them and not they fear God.
20 He hath put forth his hands against them that were at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
He stretched out hands his on allies his he violated covenant his.
21 Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords.
They were smooth - [the] creamy things of mouth his and [was] war heart his they were soft words his more than oil and they [were] drawn swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Cast on Yahweh - burden your and he he will sustain you not he will permit for ever to shake to the righteous.
23 But Thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the nethermost pit; men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days; but as for me, I will trust in Thee.
And you O God - you will bring down them - to [the] pit of [the] pit people of blood and deceit not they will divide in half days their and I I will trust in you.
