Psalms 55
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And do not hide from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my (meditation) and make a noise,
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast affliction upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Fear and trembling come to me, And horror covers me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
And I say, “Who gives to me a pinion as a dove?” I fly away and rest,
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. (Selah)
Behold, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. (Selah)
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
I hurry escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
By day and by night they go around it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit do not depart from its street.
12 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:
For an enemy does not reproach me, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Has not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
But you, a man—as my equal, My familiar friend, and my acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
When together we sweeten counsel, We walk into the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. (Sheol h7585)
Desolations [are] on them, They go down [to] Sheol—alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst. (Sheol h7585)
16 As for me, I will call upon God; And Yhwh shall save me.
I call to God, and YHWH saves me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He hears my voice,
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
He has ransomed my soul in peace From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. (Selah) Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
God hears and afflicts them, And He sits of old. (Selah) Because they have no changes, and do not fear God,
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
He has sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He has defiled his covenant.
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
His mouth has been sweeter than honey, And his heart [is] war! His words have been softer than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].
22 Cast thy burden upon Yhwh, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Cast on YHWH that which He has given you, And He sustains you, He does not permit the moving of the righteous forever.
23 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.
And You, O God, bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit do not reach to half their days, And I trust in You!
