Psalms 55 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 55

For the choirmaster.

With stringed instruments.

A Maskil

of David.

Listen

to my prayer,

O God,

and do not

ignore

my plea.

Attend

to me

and answer me.

I am restless

in my complaint,

and distraught

at the voice

of the enemy,

at

the pressure

of the wicked.

For

they release

disaster

upon me

and revile me

in their anger.

My heart

murmurs

within me,

and the terrors

of death

assail

me.

Fear

and trembling

grip me,

and horror

has overwhelmed me.

I said,

“Oh,

that

I had wings

like a dove!

I would fly away

and find rest.

How

far away

I would flee;

in the wilderness

I would remain.

Selah

I would hurry

to my shelter

far from

this raging

tempest.”

O Lord,

confuse

and confound

their speech,

for

I see

violence

and strife

in the city.

Day

and night

they encircle

the walls,

while malice

and trouble

lie within.

Destruction

is in the midst;

oppression

and deceit

never

leave

the streets.

For

it is not

an enemy

who insults me—

then I could endure;

it is not

a foe

who rises

against me—

from him

I could hide.

But it is you,

a man

like myself,

my companion

and close friend.

We

shared sweet

fellowship

together;

we walked

with the crowd

into the house

of God.

Let death

seize them by surprise;

let them go down

to Sheol

alive,

for

evil

is with them

in their homes.

But I

call

to

God,

and the LORD

will save me.

Morning,

noon,

and night,

I cry out

in distress,

and He will hear

my voice.

He will redeem

my soul

in peace

from the battle;

though

many

are

against me,

God

will hear

and humiliate them—

the One enthroned

for the ages—

Selah

because

they do not

change

and they have no

fear

of God.

My companion attacks

his friends;

he violates

his covenant.

His speech

is smooth

as butter,

but war

is in his heart.

His words

are softer

than oil,

yet they are

swords unsheathed.

Cast

your burden

upon

the LORD

and He

will sustain you;

He will never

let

the righteous

be shaken.

But You,

O God,

will bring them down

to the Pit

of destruction;

men

of bloodshed

and deceit

will not

live out half

their days.

But I

will trust

in You.

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