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Psalms 55
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
Listen to my prayer, God.
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil (note: Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.) of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
Attend to me, and answer me.
Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
because of the voice of the enemy,
at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.
My heart is severely pained within me.
My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
Fearfulness and trembling have come on me.
Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove!
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Behold, then I would wander far off.
How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
“I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”
I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language,
O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they prowl around on its walls.
Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
Destructive forces are within her.
Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
For it was not an enemy who insulted me,
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
But it was you, a man like me,
But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
We took sweet fellowship together.
We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
Let death come suddenly on them.
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress.
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
God, who is enthroned forever,
God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
He raises his hands against his friends.
My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
His mouth was smooth as butter,
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you.
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction.
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.