Ps 55
0 Psalm 55 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments.
Maschil of David.
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Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not yourself from my supplication.
2
Attend to me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
3
Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they
cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
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My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.
6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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Behold, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
8
I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.
9
Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in
the city.
10
Day and night they go about it upon its walls: Iniquity also and mischief
are in the midst of it.
11
Wickedness is in its midst: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
12
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was
it he who hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid
myself from him:
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But it was you, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.
14
We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.
15
Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness
is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
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As for me, I will call upon God; And YHWH will save me.
17
Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will
hear my voice.
18
He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they
were many [that strove] with me.
19
God will hear, and answer them, Even he who abides of old, Selah [The men] who
have no changes, And who fear not God.
20
He has put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He has profaned
his covenant.
21
His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than
oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
22
Cast your burden upon YHWH, and he will sustain you: He will never suffer the righteous
to be moved.
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But you, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty
and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in you.