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Psalm 55 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:1 - (LXX 54:1) For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David. (54:2) Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:2 - (LXX 54:3) Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - (LXX 54:4) because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:4 - (LXX 54:5) My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:5 - (LXX 54:6) Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 - (LXX 54:7) And I said, O that I had wings as those of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:7 - (LXX 54:8) Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:8 - (LXX 54:9) I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - (LXX 54:10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gainsaying in the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - (LXX 54:11) Day and night [fn]he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness are in the midst of it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:11 - (LXX 54:12) and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12 - (LXX 54:13) For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated me had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:13 - (LXX 54:14) But thou, O man likeminded, my guide, and my acquaintance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:14 - (LXX 54:15) who in companionship with me sweetened our food: we walked in the house of God in concord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:15 - (LXX 54:16) Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:16 - (LXX 54:17) I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:17 - (LXX 54:18) Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known my wants: and he shall hear my voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:18 - (LXX 54:19) He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me: for they were with me in many cases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:19 - (LXX 54:20) God shall hear, and bring them low, even he that has existed from eternity. Pause. [fn]For they suffer no reverse, and therefore they have not feared God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:20 - (LXX 54:21) He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:21 - (LXX 54:22) They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh [fn]them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:22 - (LXX 54:23) [fn] Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall [fn]sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 - (LXX 54:24) But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord.
BES Footnotes
Or, it, sc. iniquity.
Or, they have nothing to give in exchange, q. d. to redeem their souls. Compare Ps. 48:7,8; Mark 8:37.
Compare Heb. and A. V.
1 Pet. 5:7.
Or, nourish.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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