Psalms 55
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Psalm 55
For the music leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil#55.0 Perhaps instruction of David.
1God, listen to my prayer;
don’t avoid my request!
2Pay attention! Answer me!
I can’t sit still while complaining.
I’m beside myself
3over the enemy’s noise,
at the wicked person’s racket,
because they bring disaster on me
and harass me furiously.
4My heart pounds in my chest
because death’s terrors have reached me.
5Fear and trembling have come upon me;
I’m shaking all over.
6I say to myself,
I wish I had wings like a dove!
I’d fly away and rest.
7I’d run so far away!
I’d live in the desert. Selah
8I’d hurry to my hideout,
far from the rushing wind and storm.
9Baffle them, my Lord!
Confuse their language
because I see violence and conflict in the city.
10Day and night they make their rounds on its walls,
and evil and misery live inside it.
11Disaster lives inside it;
oppression and fraud never leave the town square.
12It’s not an enemy that is insulting me—
I could handle that.
It’s not someone who hates me
who is exalted over me—
I could hide from them.
13No. It’s you, my equal,
my close companion, my good friend!
14It was so pleasant when
together we entered God’s house with the crowd.
15Let death devastate my enemies;
let them go to the grave#55.15 Heb Sheol alive
because evil lives with them—
even inside them!
16But I call out to God,
and the LORD will rescue me.
17At evening, morning, and midday
I complain and moan
so that God will hear my voice.
18He saves me,#55.18 Or my life or soul unharmed, from my struggle,
though there are many who are out to get me.
19God, who is enthroned from ancient days,
will hear and humble them Selah
because they don’t change
and they don’t worship God.
20My friend attacked his allies,
breaking his covenant.
21Though his talk is smoother than butter,
war is in his heart;
though his words are more silky than oil,
they are really drawn swords:
22“Cast your burden on the LORD—
he will support you!
God will never let the righteous be shaken!”
23But you, God, bring the wicked
down to the deepest pit.
Let bloodthirsty and treacherous people
not live out even half their days.
But me? I trust in you!
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Psalm 55
55
Cast Your Burden on the Lord
To the choirmaster: with #Ps. 4, titlestringed instruments. A Maskil#55:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term of David.
1 #
Ps. 54:2; 61:1; 86:6 Give ear to my prayer, O God,
and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!
2Attend to me, and answer me;
I am restless #ver. 17; Ps. 64:1 in my complaint and I #[Isa. 38:14; 59:11]moan,
3because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they #[2 Sam. 16:7, 8]drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4My heart is in anguish within me;
#
Ps. 116:3
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5Fear and trembling come upon me,
and #Job 21:6; Isa. 21:4; Ezek. 7:18 horror #Ps. 78:53overwhelms me.
6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
7 # [Jer. 9:2] yes, I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
8I would hurry to find a shelter
from #Ps. 83:15the raging wind and tempest.”
9Destroy, O Lord, #[Gen. 11:9] divide their tongues;
for I see #Jer. 6:7violence and strife in the city.
10Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and #Ps. 5:9iniquity and trouble are within it;
11ruin is in its midst;
# [Ps. 10:7] oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
12For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who #Job 19:5deals insolently with me—
then I could hide from him.
13 # [2 Sam. 15:12; 16:23]; See Ps. 41:9 But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.
14We used to take sweet counsel together;
within God’s house we walked in #Ps. 42:4the throng.
15Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol #Num. 16:30, 33; Prov. 1:12; [Ps. 124:3]alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
16But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.
17 #
Ps. 141:2; Acts 3:1; 10:3, 30 Evening and #Ps. 5:3; 88:13; 92:2 morning and at #Acts 10:9; [Dan. 6:10] noon
I #ver. 2utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
18He redeems my soul in safety
from the battle that I wage,
for #[Ps. 56:2]many are arrayed against me.
19God will give ear and humble them,
he who is #Deut. 33:27 enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not #Job 10:17; See Job 21:7-15change
and do not fear God.
20My companion#55:20 Hebrew He #Acts 12:1stretched out his hand against his friends;
he violated his covenant.
21His #See Ps. 28:3 speech was #Prov. 5:3, 4 smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were #See Ps. 57:4drawn swords.
22 # See Ps. 37:5 Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
#
Ps. 10:6
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
23But you, O God, #ver. 15; Ps. 56:7; 59:11 will cast them down
into #Ps. 69:15; 94:13 the pit of destruction;
men of #Ps. 5:6 blood and treachery
shall not #Prov. 10:27; See Job 15:32 live out half their days.
But I will #See Ps. 11:1trust in you.
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