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Maschil of David.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>Give ear, O God, to my prayer;</div><div class="po2">And hide not Thyself from my supplication.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Attend unto me, and answer me;</div><div class="po2">I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Because of the voice of the enemy,</div><div class="po2">Because of the oppression of the wicked;</div><div class="po2">For they cast mischief upon me,</div><div class="po2">And in anger they persecute me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>My heart doth writhe within me;</div><div class="po2">And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And I said: ‘Oh that I had wings like a dove!</div><div class="po2">Then would I fly away, and be at rest.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Lo, then would I wander far off,</div><div class="po2">I would lodge in the wilderness.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I would haste me to a shelter</div><div class="po2">From the stormy wind and tempest.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue;</div><div class="po2">For I have seen violence and strife in the city.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof;</div><div class="po2">Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Wickedness is in the midst thereof;</div><div class="po2">Oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For it was not an enemy that taunted me,</div><div class="po2">Then I could have borne it;</div><div class="po2">Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me,</div><div class="po2">Then I would have hid myself from him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But it was thou, a man mine equal,</div><div class="po2">My companion, and my familiar friend;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>We took sweet counsel together,</div><div class="po2">In the house of God we walked with the throng.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>May He incite death against them,</div><div class="po2">Let them go down alive into the nether-world;</div><div class="po2">For evil is in their dwelling, and within them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As for me, I will call upon God;</div><div class="po2">And the LORD shall save me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I complain, and moan;</div><div class="po2">And He hath heard my voice.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-18.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He hath redeemed my soul in peace so that none came nigh me;</div><div class="po2">For they were many that strove with me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-19.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>God shall hear, and humble them,</div><div class="po2">Even He that is enthroned of old,<br><div align="right">Selah</div><div class="po2">Such as have no changes,</div><div class="po2">And fear not God.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-20.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He hath put forth his hands against them that were at peace with him;</div><div class="po2">He hath profaned his covenant.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-21.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth,</div><div class="po2">But his heart was war;</div><div class="po2">His words were softer than oil,</div><div class="po2">Yet were they keen-edged swords.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-22.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain thee;</div><div class="po2">He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-23.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But Thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the nethermost pit;</div><div class="po2">Men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days;</div><div class="po2">But as for me, I will trust in Thee.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/54.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 54"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 54" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/56.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 56"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 56" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' 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