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Psalm 55 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Psa 55:1

Psa 55:1<To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.> Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.

Psa 55:2

Psa 55:2Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

Psa 55:3

Psa 55:3I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

Psa 55:4

Psa 55:4My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

Psa 55:5

Psa 55:5Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.

Psa 55:6

Psa 55:6And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

Psa 55:7

Psa 55:7I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)

Psa 55:8

Psa 55:8I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.

Psa 55:9

Psa 55:9Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

Psa 55:10

Psa 55:10By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

Psa 55:11

Psa 55:11Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

Psa 55:12

Psa 55:12For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

Psa 55:13

Psa 55:13But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.

Psa 55:14

Psa 55:14We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.

Psa 55:15

Psa 55:15Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

Psa 55:16

Psa 55:16As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

Psa 55:17

Psa 55:17In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.

Psa 55:18

Psa 55:18He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.

Psa 55:19

Psa 55:19God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

Psa 55:20

Psa 55:20He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

Psa 55:21

Psa 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

Psa 55:22

Psa 55:22Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

Psa 55:23

Psa 55:23But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.
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