New King James Version (Tinasha LaRaye)

New King James Version (Simon Bubb)

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            <div class="label">55</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">Trust in God Concerning the Treachery of Friends</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Contemplation of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give ear to my prayer, O God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.55.1"><span class="content">And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Attend to me, and hear me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.55.2"><span class="content">I </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Is. 38:14; 59:11; Ezek. 7:16</span></span><span class="content">am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Because of the voice of the enemy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">Because of the oppression of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">2 Sam. 16:7, 8</span></span><span class="content">For they bring down trouble upon me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.55.3"><span class="content">And in wrath they hate me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 116:3</span></span><span class="content">My heart is severely pained within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.55.4"><span class="content">And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.55.5"><span class="content">And horror has overwhelmed me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So I said, &#8220;Oh, that I had wings like a dove!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.55.6"><span class="content">I would fly away and be at rest.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Indeed, I would wander far off,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="it"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> remain in the wilderness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.55.7"><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I would hasten my escape</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.55.8"><span class="content">From the windy storm </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> tempest.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Destroy, O Lord, </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> divide their tongues,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.55.9"><span class="content">For I have seen </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Jer. 6:7</span></span><span class="content">violence and strife in the city.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Day and night they go around it on its walls;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.55.10"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 10:7</span></span><span class="content">Iniquity and trouble </span><span class="it"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> also in the midst of it.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Destruction </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in its midst;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.55.11"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 10:7</span></span><span class="content">Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 41:9</span></span><span class="content">For </span><span class="it"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> not an enemy </span><span class="it"><span class="content">who</span></span><span class="content"> reproaches me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">Then I could bear </span><span class="it"><span class="content">it.</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">Nor </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> one </span><span class="it"><span class="content">who</span></span><span class="content"> hates me who has </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 35:26; 38:16</span></span><span class="content">exalted </span><span class="it"><span class="content">himself</span></span><span class="content"> against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.55.12"><span class="content">Then I could hide from him.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But </span><span class="it"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">was</span></span><span class="content"> you, a man my equal,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.55.13"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">2 Sam. 15:12</span></span><span class="content">My companion and my acquaintance.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">We took sweet counsel together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.55.14"><span class="it"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 42:4</span></span><span class="content">walked to the house of God in the throng.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let death seize them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="content">Let them </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Num. 16:30, 33</span></span><span class="content">go down alive into hell,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.55.15"><span class="content">For wickedness </span><span class="it"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> in their dwellings </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> among them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">As for me, I will call upon God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.55.16"><span class="content">And the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> shall save me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Dan. 6:10; Luke 18:1; Acts 3:1; 10:3, 30</span></span><span class="content">Evening and morning and at noon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="content">I will pray, and cry aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.55.17"><span class="content">And He shall hear my voice.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle </span><span class="it"><span class="content">that</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">was</span></span><span class="content"> against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.55.18"><span class="content">For </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">2 Chr. 32:7, 8</span></span><span class="content">there were many against me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">God will hear, and afflict them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">(Deut. 33:27)</span></span><span class="content">Even He who abides from of old.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="qs"><span class="content">Selah</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">Because they do not change,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.55.19"><span class="content">Therefore they do not fear God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He has </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Acts 12:1</span></span><span class="content">put forth his hands against those who </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 7:4</span></span><span class="content">were at peace with him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.55.20"><span class="content">He has broken his covenant.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 28:3; 57:4; (Prov. 5:3, 4; 12:18)</span></span><span class="it"><span class="content">The</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">words</span></span><span class="content"> of his mouth were smoother than butter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">But war </span><span class="it"><span class="content">was</span></span><span class="content"> in his heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">His words were softer than oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.55.21"><span class="content">Yet they </span><span class="it"><span class="content">were</span></span><span class="content"> drawn swords.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">(Ps. 37:5; Matt. 6:25&#8211;34; Luke 12:22&#8211;31; 1 Pet. 5:7)</span></span><span class="content">Cast your burden on the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">And </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 37:24</span></span><span class="content">He shall sustain you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.55.22"><span class="content">He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Ps. 5:6</span></span><span class="content">Bloodthirsty and deceitful men </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">Prov. 10:27</span></span><span class="content">shall not live out half their days;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.55.23"><span class="content">But I will trust in You.</span></span></div>
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Give ear to my prayer, O God,
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
Attend to me, and hear me;
I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,
Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble upon me,
And in wrath they hate me.
My heart is severely pained within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.
So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
Indeed, I would wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness.
Selah
I would hasten my escape
From the windy storm and tempest.”
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues,
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they go around it on its walls;
Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.
Destruction is in its midst;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.
For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.
But it was you, a man my equal,
My companion and my acquaintance.
We took sweet counsel together,
And walked to the house of God in the throng.
Let death seize them;
Let them go down alive into hell,
For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
As for me, I will call upon God,
And the LORD shall save me.
Evening and morning and at noon
I will pray, and cry aloud,
And He shall hear my voice.
He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
For there were many against me.
God will hear, and afflict them,
Even He who abides from of old.
Selah
Because they do not change,
Therefore they do not fear God.
He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has broken his covenant.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But war was in his heart;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
Cast your burden on the LORD,
And He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.

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