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