Psalms 55
1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments. — An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.
in finem in carminibus intellectus David exaudi Deus orationem meam et ne despexeris deprecationem meam
2 Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my (meditation) and make a noise,
intende mihi et exaudi me contristatus sum in exercitatione mea et conturbatus sum
3 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.
a voce inimici et a tribulatione peccatoris quoniam declinaverunt in me iniquitatem et in ira molesti erant mihi
4 My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
cor meum conturbatum est in me et formido mortis cecidit super me
5 Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.
timor et tremor venit super me et contexit me tenebra
6 And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,
et dixi quis dabit mihi pinnas sicut columbae et volabo et requiescam
7 Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. (Selah)
ecce elongavi fugiens et mansi in solitudine diapsalma
8 I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.
expectabam eum qui salvum me fecit a pusillanimitate spiritus et a tempestate
9 Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
praecipita Domine divide linguas eorum quoniam vidi iniquitatem et contradictionem in civitate
10 By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,
die et nocte circumdabit eam super muros eius et iniquitas et labor in medio eius
11 Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.
et iniustitia et non defecit de plateis eius usura et dolus
12 For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.
quoniam si inimicus maledixisset mihi sustinuissem utique et si is qui oderat me super me magna locutus fuisset abscondissem me forsitan ab eo
13 But thou, a man — as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.
tu vero homo unianimis dux meus et notus meus
14 When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.
qui simul mecum dulces capiebas cibos in domo Dei ambulavimus cum consensu
15 Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol — alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst. (Sheol h7585)
veniat mors super illos et descendant in infernum viventes quoniam nequitiae in habitaculis eorum in medio eorum (Sheol h7585)
16 I — to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me.
ego autem ad Deum clamavi et Dominus salvabit me
17 Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,
vespere et mane et meridie narrabo et adnuntiabo et exaudiet vocem meam
18 He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.
redimet in pace animam meam ab his qui adpropinquant mihi quoniam inter multos erant mecum
19 God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. (Selah) Because they have no changes, and fear not God,
exaudiet Deus et humiliabit illos qui est ante saecula diapsalma non enim est illis commutatio et non timuerunt Deum
20 He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
extendit manum suam in retribuendo contaminaverunt testamentum eius
21 Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].
divisi sunt ab ira vultus eius et adpropinquavit cor illius molliti sunt sermones eius super oleum et ipsi sunt iacula
22 Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.
iacta super Dominum curam tuam et ipse te enutriet non dabit in aeternum fluctuationem iusto
23 And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I — I do trust in Thee!
tu vero Deus deduces eos in puteum interitus viri sanguinum et doli non dimidiabunt dies suos ego autem sperabo in te Domine
