Psalm 55
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1 Unto the end. For the people who have become far removed from the Sacred. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when the Philistines held him in Gath.
2 Have mercy on me, O God, because man has trampled over me. All day long, he has afflicted me by fighting against me.
3 My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many.
4 From the height of the day, I will be afraid. But truly, I will hope in you.
5 In God, I will praise my words. In God, I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do to me.
6 All day long, they curse my words. All their intentions are for evil against me.
7 They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul;
8 because of this, nothing will save them. In your anger, you will crush the people.
9 O God, I have announced my life to you. You have placed my tears in your sight, and even in your promise.
10 Then my enemies will be turned back. On whatever day that I call upon you, behold, I know that you are my God.
11 In God, I will praise the word. In the Lord, I will praise his speech. In God, I have hoped. I will not fear what man can do to me.
12 My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you.
13 For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from slipping, so that I may be pleasing in the sight of God, in the light of the living.
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Psalms 55
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Psalm 55
Prayer for the Destruction of the Treacherous.
To the Chief Musician; with stringed instruments. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of David.
1Listen to my prayer, O God,
And do not hide Yourself from my plea.
2Listen to me and answer me;
I am restless and distraught in my complaint and distracted
3Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble on me,
And in anger they persecute me.
4¶My heart is in anguish within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5Fear and trembling have come upon me;
Horror has overwhelmed me.
6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
7“I would wander far away,
I would lodge in the [peace of the] wilderness. Selah.
8“I would hurry to my refuge [my tranquil shelter far away]
From the stormy wind and from the tempest.”
9¶#55:9 Lit swallow up.Confuse [my enemies], O Lord, divide their tongues [destroying their schemes],
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10Day and night they go around her walls;
Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.
11Destruction is within her;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets and market places.
12¶For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me—
Then I could hide from him.
13But it is you, a man my equal and my counsel,
My companion and my familiar friend;
14We who had sweet #55:14 Lit counsel; or intimacy.fellowship together,
Who walked to the house of God in company.
15Let death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
For evil [of every kind] is in their dwelling and in their hearts, in their midst.
16¶As for me, I shall call upon God,
And the Lord will save me.
17Evening and morning and at noon I will complain and murmur,
And He will hear my voice.
18He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me,
For there were many against me.
19God will hear and humble them,
Even He who #55:19 Or abides.sits enthroned from old— Selah.
Because in them there has been no change [of heart],
And they do not fear God [at all].
20He [my companion] has put out his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has #55:20 Lit profaned.broken his covenant [of friendship and loyalty].
21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But his heart was hostile;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
22¶Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail). [1 Pet 5:7]
23But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
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