Psalms 55
1 “To the chief musician on Neginoth, a Maskil of David.” Give ear, O God, to my prayer, and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
2 Listen unto me, and answer me: I mourn in my grief, and moan;
Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast wrong upon me, and in wrath they attack 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 My heart is sorely pained within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and shuddering hath covered me.
Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
6 And I said, Oh that some one would give me wings like a dove! I would fly away and dwell [quietly].
And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
7 Lo, I would flee far away, I would spend my night in the wilderness. (Selah)
Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
8 I would prepare hastily a refuge for me from the sweeping wind [and] from storm.
I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city;
Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
10 Day and night do these encompass it upon her walls: and wrong and trouble are in her midst.
Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
11 Mischief is in her midst: guile and deceit depart not from her streets.
And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
12 For it is not an enemy that reproached me; then I could bear it: not he that hateth me hath magnified himself against me; then I would have hidden myself 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 is thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance;
But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
14 So that we took sweet secret counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in tumultuous company.
Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
15 Let him dispense death over them; let them go down alive into the nether world; for evil is in their dwelling, in the midst 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 I, however, will call on God: and the Lord will save me.
But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
17 At evening and morning and noon will I make my complaint and moan: and he heareth my voice.—
Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He delivereth my soul in peace from the battle against me; for in multitudes are they [contending] 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 will hear, and humble them—yea, he that sitteth enthroned from the oldest time Selah—those who dread no changes, and fear 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 He stretcheth out his hands against those at peace with him: he violateth his covenant.
He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
21 The creamy words of his mouth are smooth, yet there is war [in] his heart; his words are softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.
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 upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.
23 But thou, O God, thou wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: let not the men of blood and deceit live out half their days; but I will indeed 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.
