Psalms 55

1Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth.

1To the Overseer with stringed instruments. --An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, <FI>to<Fi> my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.

2Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

2Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,

3My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.

3Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

4From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.

4My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

5In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do against me.

5Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.

6All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.

6And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

7They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

7Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.

8For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces. O God,

8I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.

9I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set me tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.

9Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.

10Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.

10By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness <FI>are<Fi> in its midst,

11In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech. In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do to me.

11Mischiefs <FI>are<Fi> in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

12In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee:

12For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear <FI>it<Fi> , He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

13Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.

13But thou, a man--as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.

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14When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.

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15Desolations <FI>are<Fi> upon them, They go down <FI>to<Fi> Sheol--alive, For wickedness <FI>is<Fi> in their dwelling, in their midst.

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16I--to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me.

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17Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,

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18He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.

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19God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,

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20He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.

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21Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they <FI>are<Fi> drawn <FI>swords<Fi> .

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22Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

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23And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I--I do trust in Thee!