PS-55:1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of

David. Give

ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my

supplication.

PS-55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint,

and make a

noise;

PS-55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the

oppression of the

wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate

me.

PS-55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of

death are fallen

upon me.

PS-55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror

hath

overwhelmed me.

PS-55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then]

would I fly

away, and be at rest.

PS-55:7 Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the

wilderness.

Selah.

PS-55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and]

tempest.

PS-55:9 Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have

seen violence

and strife in the city.

PS-55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:

mischief also

and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.

PS-55:11 Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile

depart not

from her streets.

PS-55:12 For [it was] not an 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:

PS-55:13 But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine

acquaintance.

PS-55:14 We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the

house of God in

company.

PS-55:15 Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick

into hell:

for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.

PS-55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall

save me.

PS-55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry

aloud: and he

shall hear my voice.

PS-55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle

[that was] against

me: for there were many with me.

PS-55:19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth

of old. Selah.

Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

PS-55:20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace

with him: he

hath broken his covenant.

PS-55:21 [The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but

war [was] in

his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn

swords.

PS-55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain

thee: he shall

never suffer the righteous to be moved.

PS-55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of

destruction:

bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but

I will trust

in thee.

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