Psalm 55

1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments. — An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.YLT — Psalm 55:1

2 Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,YLT — Psalm 55:2

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.YLT — Psalm 55:3

4 My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.YLT — Psalm 55:4

5 Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.YLT — Psalm 55:5

6 And I say, ‘Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,YLT — Psalm 55:6

7 Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.YLT — Psalm 55:7

8 I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.YLT — Psalm 55:8

9 Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.YLT — Psalm 55:9

10 By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,YLT — Psalm 55:10

11 Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.YLT — Psalm 55:11

12 For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.YLT — Psalm 55:12

13 But thou, a man — as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.YLT — Psalm 55:13

14 When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.YLT — Psalm 55:14

15 Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol — alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.YLT — Psalm 55:15

16 I — to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me.YLT — Psalm 55:16

17 Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,YLT — Psalm 55:17

18 He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.YLT — Psalm 55:18

19 God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,YLT — Psalm 55:19

20 He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.YLT — Psalm 55:20

21 Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].YLT — Psalm 55:21

22 Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.YLT — Psalm 55:22

23 And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I — I do trust in Thee!YLT — Psalm 55:23