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A Maskil<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probably a musical or liturgical term">a</a></sup></span> of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Give ear to my prayer, O God,</span><br /><span class="indent">and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Attend to me, and answer me;</span><br /><span class="indent">I am restless in my complaint and I moan,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">because of the noise of the enemy,</span><br /><span class="indent">because of the oppression of the wicked.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">For they drop trouble upon me,</span><br /><span class="indent">and in anger they bear a grudge against me.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My heart is in anguish within me;</span><br /><span class="indent">the terrors of death have fallen upon me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Fear and trembling come upon me,</span><br /><span class="indent">and horror overwhelms me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!</span><br /><span class="indent">I would fly away and be at rest;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">yes, I would wander far away;</span><br /><span class="indent">I would lodge in the wilderness; <selah>Selah</selah></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I would hurry to find a shelter</span><br /><span class="indent">from the raging wind and tempest.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;</span><br /><span class="indent">for I see violence and strife in the city.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Day and night they go around it</span><br /><span class="indent">on its walls,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and iniquity and trouble are within it;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="indent">ruin is in its midst;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">oppression and fraud</span><br /><span class="indent">do not depart from its marketplace.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For it is not an enemy who taunts me—</span><br /><span class="indent">then I could bear it;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—</span><br /><span class="indent">then I could hide from him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But it is you, a man, my equal,</span><br /><span class="indent">my companion, my familiar friend.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">We used to take sweet counsel together;</span><br /><span class="indent">within God’s house we walked in the throng.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let death steal over them;</span><br /><span class="indent">let them go down to Sheol alive;</span><br /><span class="indent">for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But I call to God,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will save me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Evening and morning and at noon</span><br /><span class="indent">I utter my complaint and moan,</span><br /><span class="indent">and he hears my voice.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He redeems my soul in safety</span><br /><span class="indent">from the battle that I wage,</span><br /><span class="indent">for many are arrayed against me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">God will give ear and humble them,</span><br /><span class="indent">he who is enthroned from of old, <selah>Selah</selah></span><br /><span class="ln-group">because they do not change</span><br /><span class="indent">and do not fear God.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My companion<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew He">b</a></sup></span> stretched out his hand against his friends;</span><br /><span class="indent">he violated his covenant.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">His speech was smooth as butter,</span><br /><span class="indent">yet war was in his heart;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">his words were softer than oil,</span><br /><span class="indent">yet they were drawn swords.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Cast your burden on the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and he will sustain you;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">he will never permit</span><br /><span class="indent">the righteous to be moved.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/55-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But you, O God, will cast them down</span><br /><span class="indent">into the pit of destruction;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">men of blood and treachery</span><br /><span class="indent">shall not live out half their days.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">But I will trust in you.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Probably a musical or liturgical term<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Hebrew <i>He</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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