Psalms 55
1 To the choirmaster with stringed instruments a poem of David. Give ear to! O God prayer my and may not you hide yourself from supplication my.
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
2 Pay attention! to me and answer me I am restless in complaint my and I am distraught.
Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
3 From [the] sound of an enemy because of [the] pressure of [the] wicked for they drop on me wickedness and in anger they are hostile to me.
at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
4 Heart my it trembles within me and [the] terrors of death they have fallen on me.
My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
5 Fear and trembling it comes on me and it has covered me shuddering.
Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
6 And I said who? will he give [will belong] to me wing[s] like dove I want to fly away and I want to settle down.
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
7 Here! I want to be far away [surely] to flee I want to lodge in the wilderness (Selah)
How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain.
8 I want to make haste a place of escape of me from a wind rushing from a storm.
I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
9 Confuse O Lord divide tongue their for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 By day and night they go around it on walls its and wickedness and trouble [are] in midst its.
Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
11 Destruction [are] in midst its and not it departs from public square its oppression and deceit.
Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
12 For not an enemy he taunts me and I may endure not [one who] hates me on me he magnified himself then I may hide myself from him.
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
13 And you a man according to value my close friend my and acquaintance my.
But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
14 Who together we made sweet counsel in [the] house of God we walked about in a crowd.
We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
15 (May it deceive death - *Q(K)*) on them may they go down Sheol alive for evil deeds [are] in sojourning-place their in inner being their. (Sheol h7585)
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes. (Sheol h7585)
16 I to God I will call out and Yahweh he will save me.
But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
17 Evening and morning and noon I will complain and I may murmur and he heard voice my.
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
18 He will ransom in peace life my from battle to me for many [people] they are with me.
He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
19 He will hear - God - and he will answer them and [the one who] sits antiquity (Selah) whom not changes [belong] to them and not they fear God.
God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— (Selah) because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
20 He stretched out hands his on allies his he violated covenant his.
My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
21 They were smooth - [the] creamy things of mouth his and [was] war heart his they were soft words his more than oil and they [were] drawn swords.
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
22 Cast on Yahweh - burden your and he he will sustain you not he will permit for ever to shake to the righteous.
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
23 And you O God - you will bring down them - to [the] pit of [the] pit people of blood and deceit not they will divide in half days their and I I will trust in you.
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
