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 leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David. Listen, God, to my prayer. Don’t hide yourself from my pleading.
2 Pay attention! to me and answer me I am restless in complaint my and I am distraught.
Hear me, and answer; for bitter is my lament.
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.
I am wild with the noise of the foe, with the clamour of the ungodly; for they hurl disaster upon me, and attack me with fury.
4 Heart my it trembles within me and [the] terrors of death they have fallen on me.
My heart shudders within me, terrors of deaths press on me,
5 Fear and trembling it comes on me and it has covered me shuddering.
fear and trembling attack me, and horror wraps me round.
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.
O for the wings of a dove: I would fly away and rest.
7 Here! I want to be far away [surely] to flee I want to lodge in the wilderness (Selah)
I would wander far away, find refuge in the wilderness. (Selah)
8 I want to make haste a place of escape of me from a wind rushing from a storm.
I would find myself a shelter from raging wind and tempest.
9 Confuse O Lord divide tongue their for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Confuse them, Lord, upset their plans; 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.
By day and by night they make their rounds on the city walls, while within is crime and trouble,
11 Destruction [are] in midst its and not it departs from public square its oppression and deceit.
within is ruin. Her market-place is never free of deceit and tyranny.
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.
The taunts were not those of a foe that I could have borne; the disdain was not that of an enemy I could have shunned them:
13 And you a man according to value my close friend my and acquaintance my.
but it was you, my equal, my dear and familiar friend.
14 Who together we made sweet counsel in [the] house of God we walked about in a crowd.
We used to be so close, together we walked in God’s house with the crowd.
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)
May death suddenly take them, may they go down to Sheol alive, for evil lives in their homes and their hearts. (Sheol h7585)
16 I to God I will call out and Yahweh he will save me.
But I will call on God, the Lord will save me.
17 Evening and morning and noon I will complain and I may murmur and he heard voice my.
Evening and morning and noon I lament and moan. He will hear my voice;
18 He will ransom in peace life my from battle to me for many [people] they are with me.
though I am attacked by many he will rescue me, unharmed from the war.
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, who sits on his ancient throne will hear and will humble them, for they never change, they never fear God. (Selah)
20 He stretched out hands his on allies his he violated covenant his.
My friend turned against me, betrayed his word.
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 mouth was smoother than butter, but war filled his heart. His words were softer than oil, but sharper than swords.
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 on 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, God, will hurl them down to the deepest pit. Bloody and treacherous people will not live out half their days; but I will trust you.
