Psalms 55
Psalm 55
He Will Never Allow the Righteous to Be Shaken
For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A ▼▼Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful PsalmMaskil of David.
1Give ear to my prayer, O God;And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
2Give heed to me and answer me;
I am restless in my complaint and ▼
▼Or I must moan
am surely distracted,3Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they shake wickedness down upon me
And in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4My heart is in anguish within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5Fear and trembling come upon me,
And ▼
▼Lit shuddering
horror has covered me.6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and ▼
▼Lit settle down
be at rest.7“Behold, I would wander far away,
I would lodge in the wilderness. ▼
▼Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
Selah.8“I would hasten to my place of refuge
From the stormy wind and tempest.”
9 ▼
▼Lit Swallow up
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues,For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10Day and night they go around her upon her walls,
And wickedness and mischief are in her midst.
11Destruction is in her midst;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her ▼
▼Or plaza
streets.12For it is not an enemy who reproaches me,
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who hates me who has magnified himself against me,
Then I could hide myself from him.
13But it is you, a man ▼
▼Lit according to my valuation
my equal,My close companion and my ▼
▼Or acquaintance
familiar friend;14We who had sweet counsel together
Walked in the house of God in the throng.
15Let ▼
▼Or desolations be upon them
death come deceitfully upon them;Let them go down alive to Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
16As for me, I shall call upon God,
And Yahweh will save me.
17Evening and morning and at noon, I will bring my complaint and moan,
And He will hear my voice.
18He will redeem my soul in peace ▼
▼Or so that none may approach me
from the battle which is against me,For they are many who strive with me.
19God will hear and ▼
▼Or afflict
answer them—Even the one who ▼
▼Or abides from
sits enthroned from of old— Selah.Because they ▼
▼Lit are no changes
do not change,And do not fear God.
20 ▼
▼ Lit He
My companion has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him;He has ▼
▼Lit profaned
violated his covenant.21His ▼
▼Lit mouth
speech was smoother than butter,But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
22Cast ▼
▼Or what He has given you
your burden upon Yahweh and He will sustain you;He will never allow the righteous to ▼
▼Or totter
be shaken.23But You, O God, will bring them down to the ▼
▼Or lowest pit
pit of corruption;Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.
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