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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/55-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Psalm 55</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a 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">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Cast Your Burden upon the LORD<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:1)</font> For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David. Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:2)</font> Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled;<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:3)</font> because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:4)</font> My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:5)</font> Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:6)</font> And I said, O that I had wings as <i>those</i> of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:7)</font> Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:8)</font> I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:9)</font> Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gain saying in the city.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:10)</font> Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness <i>are</i> in the midst of it;<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:11)</font> and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:12)</font> For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated <i>me</i> had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:13)</font> But thou, O man like minded, my guide, and my acquaintance,<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:14)</font> who in companionship with me sweetened <i>our</i> food: we walked in the house of God in concord.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:15)</font> Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:16)</font> I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:17)</font> Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known <i>my wants</i>: and he shall hear my voice.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:18)</font> He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me: for they were with me in many <i>cases</i>.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:19)</font> God shall hear, and bring them low, <i>even</i> he that has existed from eternity. Pause. For they suffer no reverse, and <i>therefore</i> they have not feared God.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:20)</font> He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:21)</font> They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:22)</font> Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/55-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><font color=blue>(54:23)</font> But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>