Psalms 55
1 To the Chief Musician: with stringed Instruments. A Psalm of Instruction, of David. Give ear, O God, to my prayer, And do not hide thyself from my supplication:
Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
2 Attend unto me, and answer me, I may ramble in my complaining, And be driven to and fro—
Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,
3 Because of the noise of the enemy, By reason of the oppression of the lawless one, For they would let trouble drop upon me, And, in anger, would they entrap 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, would writhe within me, And, the terrors of Death, have fallen upon me:
My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling, would enter me, And there would have overwhelmed me—a horror!
Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
6 Then I said—Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:
And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
7 Lo! I would take a distant flight, I would tarry in the wilderness. (Selah)
Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
8 I would hasten mine escape, From rushing wind, from storm.
I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
9 Confuse, O My Lord, divide their speech, For I have seen violence and contention 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, they go round her, upon her walls, And, trouble and misery, are in her midst;
Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
11 Engulfing ruin, is in her midst, And there depart not from her broadway, oppression and deceit.
And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
12 For it is, not an enemy, that reproacheth me, Or I could bear it, —Not one that hath hated me, who, against me, hath magnified himself, Or I might hide 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 esteemed as mine equal, mine associate, and mine acquaintance;
But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
14 So that together have we been wont to find sweetness in counsel, In the house of God, used we to walk in the throng.
Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
15 Desolations on them! Let them go down into hades alive, For, wicked doings, are at home within 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, unto God, will cry, —And, Yahweh, will save me.
But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
17 At evening and morning and high noon, have I been wont to lament and complain, And he hath heard my voice!
Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He hath completely redeemed my soul, out of the attack upon me, For, in multitudes, were they [in conflict] 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, Yea He will humble them who aforetime sat [enthroned]. (Selah) With whom are no changings, Neither have they revered 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 hath thrust forth his hands, against them he was wont to salute, he hath violated his covenant;
He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
21 Smoother than curds, were [the words of] his mouth, But, war, was [in] his heart, —Softer his words than oil, Yet, they, were 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 upon Yahweh thy lot, and, he, will sustain thee: He will not suffer, to times age-abiding, the righteous one to be shaken.
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, wilt bring them down to the pit of destruction, Men of bloodshed and deceit, shall not live out half their days; But, I, will 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.
