Psalms 55
1GIVE ear, O God, to my prayer; and overlook not my supplication.
2Attend to me and hear me. I have mourned in my meditation and am troubled:
3because of the voice of an enemy and because of the oppression of a sinner. Because upon me they cast iniquity and boiled with malice against me;
4my heart within me was troubled; and the terror of death fell upon me.
5Fear and trembling came against me; and a dark gloom overwhelmed me.
6So that I said, O that I had wings like those of a dove; that I might fly away and be at rest.
7Behold I had removed far away, as a fugitive, and taken up my lodging in the wilderness.
8I waited for him who delivereth me from distress and a furious tempest.
9Confound, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I saw iniquity and contradiction in the city.
10Day and night shall transgression go round it on its walls
11and trouble be in the midst of it, and injustice? Usury and fraud have not departed from its streets.
12Had an enemy reproached me I could have borne it. And had the man who hated me magnified himself against me, I could have hid myself from him.
13But thou, O man, my second self, my guide, mine intimate friend!
14Who being with me didst sweeten my repasts! In the house of God, we walked in unanimity.
15Let death come upon them; Let them go down alive to the mansion of the dead: because there was wickedness in their dwellings—in the midst of them.
16As for me, I cried to God, and the Lord heard me.
17Evening and morning and at noon I will declare and proclaim; and He will hearken to my voice.
18He will deliver my soul in peace from them who come near me. Because they among many were with me;
19God Who existeth before the ages will hear and afflict them. For there is no redemption for them. They indeed did not fear God:
20He hath stretched forth His hand with retribution. They profaned and broke His covenant:
21they were scattered by the indignation of His countenance. When His heart was near, His words were smoother than oil. Now they are daggers.
22Cast Thy care on the Lord, and He will sustain thee. He will never suffer the righteous to be shaken.
23But Thou, O God, wilt drag them down to the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days. But as for me I will trust in Thee, O Lord.