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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 55 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/55.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Prayer of Someone Betrayed by a Friend<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.55.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.1" class="v19_55_1">1</span>Hear my prayer, O God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_1">don't turn away from my plea!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.2" class="v19_55_2">2</span>Listen to me and answer me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_2">I am worn out by my worries.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.3" class="v19_55_3">3</span>I am terrified by the threats of my enemies,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_3">crushed by the oppression of the wicked.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_3">They bring trouble on me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_3">they are angry with me and hate me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.4" class="v19_55_4">4</span>I am terrified,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_4">and the terrors of death crush me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.5" class="v19_55_5">5</span>I am gripped by fear and trembling;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_5">I am overcome with horror.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.6" class="v19_55_6">6</span>I wish I had wings like a dove.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_6">I would fly away and find rest.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.7" class="v19_55_7">7</span>I would fly far away</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_7">and make my home in the desert.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.8" class="v19_55_8">8</span>I would hurry and find myself a shelter</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_8">from the raging wind and the storm.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.9" class="v19_55_9">9</span>Confuse the speech of my enemies, O Lord!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_9">I see violence and riots in the city,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.10" class="v19_55_10">10</span>surrounding it day and night,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_10">filling it with crime and trouble.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.11" class="v19_55_11">11</span>There is destruction everywhere;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_11">the streets are full of oppression and fraud.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.12" class="v19_55_12">12</span>If it were an enemy making fun of me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_12">I could endure it;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_12">if it were an opponent boasting over me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_12">I could hide myself from him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.13" class="v19_55_13">13</span>But it is you, my companion,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_13">my colleague and close friend.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.14" class="v19_55_14">14</span>We had intimate talks with each other</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_14">and worshiped together in the Temple.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.15" class="v19_55_15">15</span>May my enemies die before their time;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_15">may they go down alive into the world of the dead!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_15">Evil is in their homes and in their hearts.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.16" class="v19_55_16">16</span>But I call to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God for help,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_16">and he will save me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.17" class="v19_55_17">17</span>Morning, noon, and night</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_17">my complaints and groans go up to him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_17">and he will hear my voice.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.18" class="v19_55_18">18</span>He will bring me safely back</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_18">from the battles that I fight</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_18">against so many enemies.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_19"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.19" class="v19_55_19">19</span>God, who has ruled from eternity,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_19">will hear me and defeat them;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_19">for they refuse to change,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_19">and they do not fear him.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_20"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.20" class="v19_55_20">20</span>My former companion attacked his friends;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_20">he broke his promises.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_21"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.21" class="v19_55_21">21</span>His words were smoother than cream,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_21">but there was hatred in his heart;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_21">his words were as soothing as oil,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_21">but they cut like sharp swords.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_22"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.22" class="v19_55_22">22</span>Leave your troubles with the <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_22">and he will defend you;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_22">he never lets honest people be defeated.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_23"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.55.23" class="v19_55_23">23</span>But you, O God, will bring those murderers and liars to their graves</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_55_23">before half their life is over.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_55_23">As for me, I will trust in you.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A poem by 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