Psalm 55:1-23 LSV

[1] TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, || And do not hide from my supplication. [2] Attend to me, and answer me, || I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise, [3] Because of the voice of an enemy, || Because of the oppression of the wicked, || For they cause sorrow to move against me, || And in anger they hate me. [4] My heart is pained within me, || And terrors of death have fallen on me. [5] Fear and trembling come to me, || And horror covers me. [6] And I say, “Who gives to me a pinion as a dove?” I fly away and rest, [7] Behold, I move far off, || I lodge in a wilderness. Selah. [8] I hurry escape for myself, || From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind. [9] Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, || For I saw violence and strife in a city. [10] By day and by night they go around it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst, [11] Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit do not depart from its street. [12] For an enemy does not reproach me, or I bear [it], || He who is hating me || Has not magnified himself against me, || Or I hide from him. [13] But you, a man—as my equal, || My familiar friend, and my acquaintance. [14] When together we sweeten counsel, || We walk into the house of God in company. [15] Desolations [are] on them, || They go down [to] Sheol—alive, || For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst. [16] I call to God, and YHWH saves me. [17] Evening, and morning, and noon, || I meditate, and make a noise, and He hears my voice, [18] He has ransomed my soul in peace || From him who is near to me, || For with the multitude they were with me. [19] God hears and afflicts them, || And He sits of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and do not fear God, [20] He has sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, || He has defiled his covenant. [21] His mouth has been sweeter than honey, || And his heart [is] war! His words have been softer than oil, || And they [are] drawn [swords]. [22] Cast on YHWH that which He has given you, || And He sustains you, || He does not permit the moving of the righteous forever. [23] And You, O God, bring them down || To a pit of destruction, || Men of blood and deceit do not reach to half their days, || And I trust in You!