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Psalms 54

Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible

54:1

For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David.

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54:2

Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.

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54:3

Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled;

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54:4

because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.

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54:5

My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.

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54:6

Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.

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54:7

And I said, O that I had wings as [those] of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest.

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54:8

Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause.

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54:9

I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.

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54:10

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gainsaying in the city.

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54:11

Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness [are] in the midst of it;

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54:12

and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.

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54:13

For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated [me] had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.

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54:14

But thou, O man likeminded, my guide, and my acquaintance,

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54:15

who in companionship with me sweetened [our] food: we walked in the house of God in concord.

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54:16

Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.

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54:17

I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me.

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54:18

Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known [my wants]: and he shall hear my voice.

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54:19

He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me: for they were with me in many [cases].

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54:20

God shall hear, and bring them low, [even] he that has existed from eternity. Pause. For they suffer no reverse, and [therefore] they have not feared God.

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54:21

He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant.

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54:22

They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.

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54:23

Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

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54:24

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord.

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