Psalm 55 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Cast Your Burden on the Lord

Psa 55:1To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil[fn] of David.
Give ear to my prayer, O God,
and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!

Psa 55:2

Psa 55:2Attend to me, and answer me;
I am restless in my complaint and I moan,

Psa 55:3

Psa 55:3because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Psa 55:4

Psa 55:4My heart is in anguish within me;
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

Psa 55:5

Psa 55:5Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror overwhelms me.

Psa 55:6

Psa 55:6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;

Psa 55:7

Psa 55:7yes, I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah

Psa 55:8

Psa 55:8I would hurry to find a shelter
from the raging wind and tempest.”

Psa 55:9

Psa 55:9Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;
for I see violence and strife in the city.

Psa 55:10

Psa 55:10Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;

Psa 55:11

Psa 55:11ruin is in its midst;
oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.

Psa 55:12

Psa 55:12For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—
then I could hide from him.

Psa 55:13

Psa 55:13But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.

Psa 55:14

Psa 55:14We used to take sweet counsel together;
within God’s house we walked in the throng.

Psa 55:15

Psa 55:15Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

Psa 55:16

Psa 55:16But I call to God,
and the LORD will save me.

Psa 55:17

Psa 55:17Evening and morning and at noon
I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.

Psa 55:18

Psa 55:18He redeems my soul in safety
from the battle that I wage,
for many are arrayed against me.

Psa 55:19

Psa 55:19God will give ear and humble them,
he who is enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.

Psa 55:20

Psa 55:20My companion[fn] stretched out his hand against his friends;
he violated his covenant.

Psa 55:21

Psa 55:21His speech was smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were drawn swords.

Psa 55:22

Psa 55:22Cast your burden on the LORD,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.

Psa 55:23

Psa 55:23But you, O God, will cast them down
into the pit of destruction;
men of blood and treachery
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.

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(55:1)

Probably a musical or liturgical term

(55:20)

Hebrew He

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Psalm 55 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Cast Your Burden on the Lord

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