| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; | 1For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil. God, listen to my prayer and do not ignore my plea for help. |
| 2hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught | 2Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint, |
| 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. | 3because of the enemy's voice, because of the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster on me and harass me in anger. |
| 4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me. | 4My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me. |
| 5Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. | 5Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me. |
| 6I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. | 6I said, "If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. |
| 7I would flee far away and stay in the desert; | 7How far away I would flee; I would stay in the wilderness. Selah |
| 8I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm." | 8I would hurry to my shelter from the raging wind and the storm." |
| 9Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city. | 9Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city; |
| 10Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it. | 10day and night they make the rounds on its walls. Crime and trouble are within it; |
| 11Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets. | 11destruction is inside it; oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace. |
| 12If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. | 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. |
| 13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, | 13But it is you, a man who is my peer, my companion and good friend! |
| 14with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers. | 14We used to have close fellowship; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. |
| 15Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them. | 15Let death take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them. |
| 16As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me. | 16But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. |
| 17Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. | 17I complain and groan morning, noon, and night, and He hears my voice. |
| 18He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. | 18Though many are against me, He will redeem me from my battle unharmed. |
| 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. | 19God, the One enthroned from long ago, will hear and will humiliate them Selah because they do not change and do not fear God. |
| 20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. | 20My friend acts violently against those at peace with him; he violates his covenant. |
| 21His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords. | 21His buttery words are smooth, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, but they are drawn swords. |
| 22Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. | 22Cast your burden on the LORD, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. |
| 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. | 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. |
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