| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. | 1For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; |
| 2Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught | 2hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught |
| 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 what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger. |
| 4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me. | 4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me. |
| 5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me. | 5Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. |
| 6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. | 6I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. |
| 7How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah | 7I would flee far away and stay in the desert; |
| 8I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.” | 8I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm." |
| 9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city. | 9Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city. |
| 10Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within. | 10Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it. |
| 11Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets. | 11Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats 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. | 12If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. |
| 13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. | 13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, |
| 14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. | 14with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers. |
| 15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes. | 15Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them. |
| 16But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. | 16As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me. |
| 17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice. | 17Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. |
| 18He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. | 18He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose 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 of old, who does not change-- he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God. |
| 20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. | 20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. |
| 21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed. | 21His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords. |
| 22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. | 22Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous 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, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you. |
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