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.
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.
2 Listen unto me, and answer me: I mourn in my grief, and moan;
Hearken vnto me, and answere me: I mourne in my prayer, and make a noyse,
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.
For the voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of ye wicked, because they haue brought iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.
4 My heart is sorely pained within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Mine heart trembleth within mee, and the terrours of death are fallen vpon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and shuddering hath covered me.
Feare and trembling are come vpon mee, and an horrible feare hath couered 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, Oh that I had wings like a doue: then would I flie away and rest.
7 Lo, I would flee far away, I would spend my night in the wilderness. (Selah)
Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. (Selah)
8 I would prepare hastily a refuge for me from the sweeping wind [and] from storm.
Hee would make haste for my deliuerance from the stormie winde and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city;
Destroy, O Lord, and deuide their tongues: for I haue seene crueltie and strife in the citie.
10 Day and night do these encompass it upon her walls: and wrong and trouble are in her midst.
Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.
11 Mischief is in her midst: guile and deceit depart not from her streets.
Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.
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;
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.
13 But it is thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance;
But it was thou, O man, euen my companion, my guide and my familiar:
14 So that we took sweet secret counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in tumultuous company.
Which delited in consulting together, and went into the House of God as companions.
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 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)
16 I, however, will call on God: and the Lord will save me.
But I will call vnto God, and the Lord will saue me.
17 At evening and morning and noon will I make my complaint and moan: and he heareth my voice.—
Euening and morning, and at noone will I pray, and make a noyse, and he wil heare my voice.
18 He delivereth my soul in peace from the battle against me; for in multitudes are they [contending] with me.
He hath deliuered my soule in peace from the battel, that was against me: for many 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 heare and afflict them, euen hee that reigneth of olde, (Selah) because they haue no changes, therefore they feare not God.
20 He stretcheth out his hands against those at peace with him: he violateth his covenant.
Hee layed his hande vpon such, as be at peace with him, and he brake his couenant.
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.
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.
22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Cast thy burden vpon the Lord, and hee shall nourish thee: he wil not suffer the righteous to fall for euer.
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.
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.
