Psa 55:1
For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A [fn]Maskil of David.
Give H238 ear H238 to my prayer H8605, O God H430;
And do not hide H5956 Yourself from my supplication H8467.
Psa 55:2
Give H7181 heed H7181 to me and answer H6030 me;
I am restless H7300 in my complaint H7879 and [fn]am surely H1949 distracted H1949,
Psa 55:3
Because H4480 of the voice H6963 of the enemy H340,
Because H4480 H6440 of the pressure H6125 of the wicked H7563;
For they shake H4131 wickedness H205 down upon me
And in anger H639 they bear H7852 a H7852 grudge H7852 against H7852 me.
Psa 55:4
My heart H3820 is H2342 in H2342 anguish H2342 within H7130 me,
And the terrors H367 of death H4194 have fallen H5307 upon me.
Psa 55:5
Fear H3374 and trembling H7461 come H935 upon me,
And [fn]horror H6427 has covered H3680 me.
Psa 55:6
I said H559, “Oh H4310 H5414, that I had H5414 wings H83 like a dove H3123!
I would fly H5774 away H5774 and [fn]be H7931 at H7931 rest H7931.
Psa 55:7
“Behold H2009, I would wander H5074 far H7368 away H7368,
I would lodge H3885 in the wilderness H4057. [fn]Selah H5542.
Psa 55:8
“I would hasten H2363 to my place H4655 of H4655 refuge H4655
From the stormy H5584 wind H7307 and tempest H5591.”
Psa 55:9
[fn]Confuse H1104, O Lord H136, divide H6385 their tongues H3956,
For I have seen H7200 violence H2555 and strife H7379 in the city H5892.
Psa 55:10
Day H3119 and night H3915 they go H5437 around H5437 her upon her walls H2346,
And wickedness H205 and mischief H5999 are in her midst H7130.
Psa 55:11
Destruction H1942 is in her midst H7130;
Oppression H8496 and deceit H4820 do not depart H4185 from her [fn]streets H7339.
Psa 55:12
For it is not an enemy H340 who reproaches H2778 me,
Then I could bear H5375 it;
Nor H3808 is it one who hates H8130 me who has magnified H1431 himself against H5921 me,
Then I could hide H5641 myself from him.
Psa 55:13
But it is you, a man H582 [fn]my equal H6187,
My close H441 companion H441 and my [fn]familiar H3045 friend H3045;
Psa 55:14
We who H834 had H4985 sweet H4985 counsel H5475 together H3162
Walked H1980 in the house H1004 of God H430 in the throng H7285.
Psa 55:15
Let [fn]death H4194 come H5378 deceitfully H5378 upon them;
Let them go H3381 down H3381 alive H2416 to Sheol H7585,
For evil H7451 is in their dwelling H4033, in their midst H7130.
Psa 55:16
As for me, I shall call H7121 upon God H430,
And Yahweh H3068 will save H3467 me.
Psa 55:17
Evening H6153 and morning H1242 and at noon H6672, I will bring H7878 my complaint H7878 and moan H1993,
And He will hear H8085 my voice H6963.
Psa 55:18
He will redeem H6299 my soul H5315 in peace H7965 [fn]from the battle H7128 which is against me,
For they are many H7227 who strive with me.
Psa 55:19
God H410 will hear H8085 and [fn]answer H6030 them—
Even the one who [fn]sits H3427 enthroned H3427 from of old H6924— Selah H5542.
Because H834 they [fn]do H369 not H369 change H2487,
And do not fear H3372 God H430.
Psa 55:20
[fn]My companion has put H7971 forth H7971 his hands H3027 against those who were at peace H7965 with him;
He has [fn]violated H2490 his covenant H1285.
Psa 55:21
His [fn]speech H6310 was smoother H2505 than H4480 butter H4260,
But his heart H3820 was war H7128;
His words H1697 were softer H7401 than H4480 oil H8081,
Yet they were drawn H6609 swords H6609.
Psa 55:22
Cast H7993 [fn]your burden H3053 upon Yahweh H3068 and He will sustain H3557 you;
He will never H3808 H5769 allow H5414 the righteous H6662 to [fn]be shaken H4131.
Psa 55:23
But You, O God H430, will bring H3381 them down H3381 to the [fn]pit H875 of corruption H7845;
Men H376 of bloodshed H1818 and deceit H4820 will not live H2673 out H2673 half H2673 their days H3117.
But I will trust H982 in You.
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