Berean Study Bible | International Standard Version |
1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. | 1Pay attention to my prayer, God, and do not hide yourself from my appeal. |
2Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught | 2Pay attention to me and answer me. I moan and groan in my thoughts, |
3at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger. | 3because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked. They bring down evil upon me, and in anger they hate me. |
4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me. | 4My heart is trembling within me, and the terrors of death have assaulted me. |
5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me. | 5Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and horror has covered me. |
6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. | 6I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else? |
7How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah | 7Look, I want to flee far away; I want to settle down in the wilderness. Interlude |
8I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.” | 8I want to deliver myself quickly from this windstorm and tempest." |
9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city. | 9Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city. |
10Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within. | 10Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it. |
11Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets. | 11Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets. |
12For 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. | 12For it is not an enemy who insults me— I could have handled that— nor is it someone who hates me and who now arises against me— I could have hidden myself from him— |
13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. | 13but it is you— a man whom I treated as my equal— my personal confidant, my close friend! |
14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. | 14We had good fellowship together; and we even walked together in the house of God! |
15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes. | 15Let death seize them! May they be plunged alive into the afterlife, for wicked things are in their homes and among them. |
16But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. | 16I call upon God, and the LORD will deliver me. |
17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice. | 17Morning, noon, and night, I mulled over these things and cried out in my distress, and he heard my voice. |
18He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. | 18He calmly ransomed my soul from the war waged against me, for there was a vast crowd who stood against me. |
19God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God. | 19God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God. |
20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. | 20Each of my friends raises his hand against his allies; each of my friends breaks his word. |
21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed. | 21His mouth is as smooth as butter, while war is in his heart. His words were as smooth as olive oil, while his sword is drawn. |
22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. | 22Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. |
23But 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. | 23But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. |
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