Psa.|55:Title|-|To the choir director: on the stringed instruments. A |*|Maschil |a|of David
Psa.|55:1|-||1a|Give ear, O God, to my prayer;And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
Psa.|55:2|-|Give heed to me, and answer me.I grow restless in my complaint and moan,
Psa.|55:3|-|Because of the voice of the enemy,Because of the oppression of the wicked man;
For they |a|drop iniquity upon me,And in anger they make me their enemy.
Psa.|55:4|-|My heart writhes within me,And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Psa.|55:5|-|Fear and trembling have come upon me,And shuddering overwhelms me.
Psa.|55:6|-|And I say, Oh that I had |a|wings like a dove!Then I would fly away and be at rest.
Psa.|55:7|-|Indeed I would wander far away;I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
Psa.|55:8|-|I would hasten my escapeFrom the storm wind and the tempest.
Psa.|55:9|-|Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongue;For I have seen violence and contention in the city.
Psa.|55:10|-|Day and night they go around it,Upon its walls;
And iniquity and trouble are in the midst of it.
Psa.|55:11|-|Utter ruin is in the midst of it,And oppression and deceit
Do not depart from its streets.
Psa.|55:12|-|For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;Otherwise I could bear it.
It is not he who hates me who magnifies himself against me;Otherwise I could hide myself from him.
Psa.|55:13|-|But it is you, |1|my equal,My close |a|friend and my acquaintance.
Psa.|55:14|-|We were in sweet counsel together;We walked with the throng in the |a|house of God.
Psa.|55:15|-||1|Let death surprise them;May they go down into Sheol alive.
For evil is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
Psa.|55:16|-|As for me, I call out to God,And Jehovah will save me.
Psa.|55:17|-|Evening and morning and at noontimeI complain and moan,
And He hears my voice.
Psa.|55:18|-|He has redeemed my soul in peaceFrom the battle against me,
For many are they who strive with me.
Psa.|55:19|-|God hears and answers them—Even He who sits enthroned from of old—Selah
Because with them there is no change,And they do not fear God.
Psa.|55:20|-||1|He put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him;He profaned his covenant.
Psa.|55:21|-|Smooth were the buttery words of his mouth,But his heart was war;
More soothing than oil were his words,But they were in fact drawn swords.
Psa.|55:22|-||a|Cast your burden upon Jehovah,And He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Psa.|55:23|-|But You, O God, will bring them downInto the pit of decay.
Men of bloodshed and deceitWill not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.
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