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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 Lamsa Bible</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><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="../">Lamsa</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">Lamsa Bible</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"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>GIVE ear to my prayer, O God; and reject not my supplication.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Hear me and answer me; return to my cry and incline to me,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Because of mine enemies, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they have devised iniquity against me, and reproached me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>My heart is greatly pained within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and the shadow of death has overwhelmed me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away and be at rest.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Lo, then I would fly far off and dwell in the wilderness.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>I would wait for him that will save me from the windy storm and the tempest.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Destroy, O LORD, and render useless their tongues; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Day and night they go about it, around its walls; injustice and mischief are in the midst of it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>Wickedness is in the midst of it; deceit and guile depart not from its streets.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>For it was not mine enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it; neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>But it was you, a man mine equal, my kinsman, and my friend.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>We ate a meal together in the house of God, and we walked in harmony.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Bring death upon them; bury them alive in the grave, because there is evil among them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>As for me, I will call upon God; and God shall save me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>At evening and in the morning and at noon will I pray and cry aloud; and he shall hear my voice.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>Deliver my soul from those who have been too wise for me, from those who have opposed me continuously.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>God, even the Eternal one, shall hear and humble them. With them also there are no changes; therefore they fear not God.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>They have put forth their hands against their neighbours, they have broken his covenant.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>They were afraid because of the anger in his countenance and the wrath in his heart; his words were smoother than butter, yet were they sharp like the point of a spear.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>Cast your worries upon the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never suffer the righteous to fear want.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/55-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out their days; but I will trust in thee.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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