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href="../psalms/54.htm" title="Psalm 54">◄</a> Psalm 55 <a href="../psalms/56.htm" title="Psalm 56">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/55.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="d">For the choir director: A psalm<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> of David, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Listen to my prayer, O God.</p><p class="line2">Do not ignore my cry for help!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Please listen and answer me,</p><p class="line2">for I am overwhelmed by my troubles.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>My enemies shout at me,</p><p class="line2">making loud and wicked threats.</p><p class="line1">They bring trouble on me</p><p class="line2">and angrily hunt me down.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My heart pounds in my chest.</p><p class="line2">The terror of death assaults me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Fear and trembling overwhelm me,</p><p class="line2">and I can’t stop shaking.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Oh, that I had wings like a dove;</p><p class="line2">then I would fly away and rest!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I would fly far away</p><p class="line2">to the quiet of the wilderness.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>How quickly I would escape—</p><p class="line2">far from this wild storm of hatred.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans,</p><p class="line2">for I see violence and conflict in the city.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders,</p><p class="line2">but the real danger is wickedness within the city.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Everything is falling apart;</p><p class="line2">threats and cheating are rampant in the streets.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>It is not an enemy who taunts me—</p><p class="line2">I could bear that.</p><p class="line1">It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me—</p><p class="line2">I could have hidden from them.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Instead, it is you—my equal,</p><p class="line2">my companion and close friend.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>What good fellowship we once enjoyed</p><p class="line2">as we walked together to the house of God.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Let death stalk my enemies;</p><p class="line2">let the grave<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> swallow them alive,</p><p class="line2">for evil makes its home within them.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But I will call on God,</p><p class="line2">and the LORD will rescue me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Morning, noon, and night</p><p class="line2">I cry out in my distress,</p><p class="line2">and the LORD hears my voice.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He ransoms me and keeps me safe</p><p class="line2">from the battle waged against me,</p><p class="line2">though many still oppose me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>God, who has ruled forever,</p><p class="line2">will hear me and humble them.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="line1">For my enemies refuse to change their ways;</p><p class="line2">they do not fear God.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>As for my companion, he betrayed his friends;</p><p class="line2">he broke his promises.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>His words are as smooth as butter,</p><p class="line2">but in his heart is war.</p><p class="line1">His words are as soothing as lotion,</p><p class="line2">but underneath are daggers!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Give your burdens to the LORD,</p><p class="line2">and he will take care of you.</p><p class="line2">He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But you, O God, will send the wicked</p><p class="line2">down to the pit of destruction.</p><p class="line1">Murderers and liars will die young,</p><p class="line2">but I am trusting you to save me.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">55:TITLE </span><span class="ft"> Hebrew </span><span class="it">maskil.</span><span class="ft"> This may be a literary or musical term.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">55:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">let Sheol.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living 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