Psalm 55
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1God, listen to my prayer and do not hide from my plea for help.1Pay attention to my prayer, God, and do not hide yourself from my appeal.
2Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint,2Pay attention to me and answer me. I moan and groan in my thoughts,
3because of the enemy's words, because of the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster on me and harass me in 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 shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.4My heart is trembling within me, and the terrors of death have assaulted me.
5Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me.5Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and horror has covered me.
6I said, "If only 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; I would stay in the wilderness. Selah7Look, I want to flee far away; I want to settle down in the wilderness. Interlude
8I would hurry to my shelter from the raging wind and the storm."8I want to deliver myself quickly from this windstorm and tempest."
9Lord, 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 make the rounds on its walls. Crime and trouble are within it;10Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it.
11destruction is inside it; oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.11Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets.
12Now it is not an enemy who insults me--otherwise I could bear it; it is not a foe who rises up against me--otherwise I could hide from him.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 who is my peer, my companion and good friend!13but it is you— a man whom I treated as my equal— my personal confidant, my close friend!
14We used to have close fellowship; 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 take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them.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 will save me.16I call upon God, and the LORD will deliver me.
17I complain and groan morning, noon, and night, 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.
18Though many are against me, he will redeem me from my battle unharmed.18He calmly ransomed my soul from the war waged against me, for there was a vast crowd who stood against me.
19God, the one enthroned from long ago, will hear and will humiliate them Selah because they do not change and do not fear 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 friend acts violently against those at peace with him; he violates his covenant.20Each of my friends raises his hand against his allies; each of my friends breaks his word.
21His buttery words are smooth, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, but they are drawn swords.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 on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never allow the righteous to 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.
23God, you will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and treachery 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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