Psa. 55
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55:1
1aGive ear, O God, to my prayer;
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
Psa. 55
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55:2
Give heed to me, and answer me.
I grow restless in my complaint and moan,
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55:3
Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked man;
For they
adrop iniquity upon me,
And in anger they make me their enemy.
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55:4
My heart writhes within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
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55:5
Fear and trembling have come upon me,
And shuddering overwhelms me.
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55:6
And I say, Oh that I had
awings like a dove!
Then I would fly away and be at rest.
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55:7
Indeed I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness.
Selah
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55:8
I would hasten my escape
From the storm wind and the tempest.
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55:9
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongue;
For I have seen violence and contention in the city.
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55:10
Day and night they go around it,
Upon its walls;
And iniquity and trouble are in the midst of it.
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55:11
Utter ruin is in the midst of it,
And oppression and deceit
Do not depart from its streets.
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55:12
For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Otherwise I could bear it.
It is not he who hates me who magnifies himself against me;
Otherwise I could hide myself from him.
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55:13
But it is you,
1my equal,
My close
afriend and my acquaintance.
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55:14
We were in sweet counsel together;
We walked with the throng in the
ahouse of God.
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55:15
1Let death surprise them;
May they go down into Sheol alive.
For evil is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
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55:16
As for me, I call out to God,
And Jehovah will save me.
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55:17
Evening and morning and at noontime
I complain and moan,
And He hears my voice.
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55:18
He has redeemed my soul in peace
From the battle against me,
For many are they
who strive with me.
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God hears and answers them —
Even He who sits
enthroned from of old —
Selah Because with them there is no change,
And they do not fear God.
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55:20
1He put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He profaned his covenant.
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55:21
Smooth were the buttery words of his mouth,
But his heart was war;
More soothing than oil were his words,
But they were
in fact drawn swords.
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aCast your burden upon Jehovah,
And He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
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But You, O God, will bring them down
Into the pit of decay.
Men of bloodshed and deceit
Will not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.
