Psalms 55
1 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.
TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And do not hide from my supplication.
2 Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my (meditation) and make a noise,
3 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.
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.
4 My heart is severely pained within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Fear and trembling come to me, And horror covers me.
6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! [for then] I would fly away, and be at rest.
And I say, “Who gives to me a pinion as a dove?” I fly away and rest,
7 Lo, [then] I would wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. (Selah)
Behold, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. (Selah)
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
I hurry escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.
9 Destroy, O LORD, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.
By day and by night they go around it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,
11 Wickedness [is] in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit do not depart from its street.
12 For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] magnified [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
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.
13 But [it was] thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.
But you, a man—as my equal, My familiar friend, and my acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked to the house of God in company.
When together we sweeten counsel, We walk into the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them. (Sheol h7585)
Desolations [are] on them, They go down [to] Sheol—alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst. (Sheol h7585)
16 As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me.
I call to God, and YHWH saves me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice.
Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He hears my voice,
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.
He has ransomed my soul in peace From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.
19 God will hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. (Selah) Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
God hears and afflicts them, And He sits of old. (Selah) Because they have no changes, and do not fear God,
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
He has sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He has defiled his covenant.
21 [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.
His mouth has been sweeter than honey, And his heart [is] war! His words have been softer than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].
22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Cast on YHWH that which He has given you, And He sustains you, He does not permit the moving of the righteous forever.
23 But thou, O God, wilt 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.
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!
