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.
God, listen to my prayer, and do not turn away from me while I am pleading with you.
2 Pay attention! to me and answer me I am restless in complaint my and I am distraught.
Listen to me, and answer me, because I am overwhelmed by [all] my troubles.
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.
My enemies cause me to be terrified; wicked people oppress me. They cause me to have great troubles; they are angry with me, and they hate me.
4 Heart my it trembles within me and [the] terrors of death they have fallen on me.
I am terrified, and I am very much afraid that I will die.
5 Fear and trembling it comes on me and it has covered me shuddering.
I am very fearful and I tremble/shake, and I am completely terrified.
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, “I wish that I had wings like a dove! If I had wings, I would fly away and find a place to rest.
7 Here! I want to be far away [surely] to flee I want to lodge in the wilderness (Selah)
I would fly far away and live in the desert.
8 I want to make haste a place of escape of me from a wind rushing from a storm.
I would quickly find a shelter from [my enemies] [who are like] [MET] a strong wind and rainstorm.”
9 Confuse O Lord divide tongue their for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Lord, confuse my enemies, and cause their plans to fail, because I see them acting violently and causing strife in the city [of Jerusalem].
10 By day and night they go around it on walls its and wickedness and trouble [are] in midst its.
During [each] day and night they march around on top of its walls, committing crimes and causing trouble.
11 Destruction [are] in midst its and not it departs from public square its oppression and deceit.
They destroy [things] everywhere. They oppress and defraud [people] in the (marketplaces/public squares).
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.
If it were an enemy who was making fun of me, I could endure it. If it were someone who hates me, who despises me, I could hide from him.
13 And you a man according to value my close friend my and acquaintance my.
But it is someone who is just like me, my companion, someone who was my friend [who is doing this to me].
14 Who together we made sweet counsel in [the] house of God we walked about in a crowd.
We previously had many good talks together; we walked around together in God’s temple.
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)
I desire/hope that my enemies will die suddenly; while they are still young, cause them to go down to the place where the dead people are. They they think evil things. (Sheol h7585)
16 I to God I will call out and Yahweh he will save me.
But I [will] ask Yahweh, [my] God, to help me, and he will save me.
17 Evening and morning and noon I will complain and I may murmur and he heard voice my.
[Each] morning and [each] noontime and [each] evening I tell him what I am concerned about, and I moan, and he hears my voice.
18 He will ransom in peace life my from battle to me for many [people] they are with me.
I have [very] many enemies, but he will rescue me and bring me back safely from the battles that I fight.
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 is the one who has ruled everything forever, and he will listen to me. He will cause my enemies to be [defeated and] disgraced, because they do not change their evil behavior and they do not revere God.
20 He stretched out hands his on allies his he violated covenant his.
My companion, [whom I mentioned previously], betrayed his friends and broke the agreement that he made with them.
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.
What he said was [easy to listen to, like] butter [is easy to swallow] [MET], but in his inner being he hated people; his words were [soothing] like [olive] oil, [but they hurt people like] sharp swords do [MET].
22 Cast on Yahweh - burden your and he he will sustain you not he will permit for ever to shake to the righteous.
Put your troubles in Yahweh’s hands, and he will take care of you; he will never allow righteous [people] to experience disasters.
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.
God, you will cause murderers [MTY] and liars to die before they have lived half as long as they expect to live; but [as for me], I will trust in you.
