55:2 Attend to me, and answer me; I am distraught in my trouble and moan in my complaint |
55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked—for they cast mischief upon me, and in anger they hate me. |
55:4 My heart is pained within me; and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. |
55:5 Fear and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me. |
55:6 And I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. |
55:7 Lo, then I would wander far off; I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah. |
55:8 I would hasten to a place of shelter from the windy storm and tempest." |
55:9 Destroy, O LORD, and divide their tongues; for I have seen violence and strife in the city. |
55:10 They go around her upon her walls by day and night; and iniquity and mischief are in her midst. |
55:11 Wickedness is in her midst; oppression and guile will not depart from her streets, |
55:12 For it is not an enemy who reviled me—then I could have borne it. It is not one who hates me who magnified himself against me—or I would hide myself from him. |
55:13 But it is you, a man my equal, my companion and my familiar friend. |
55:14 We took sweet counsel together and walked into the house of God with the throng. |
55:15 Let death take hold upon them, and let them go down alive into the grave; for evil is among them and in their dwellings. |
55:16 As for me, I will call upon God, and the LORD will save me. |
55:17 Evening and morning, and at noon, I will cry aloud in my distress; and He shall hear my voice. |
55:18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many against me. |
55:19 God shall hear and afflict them, even He who is enthroned of old. Selah. Those who never change their ways and have no fear of God. |
55:20 He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken his covenant. |
55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. |
55:22 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be moved. |
55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days but I will trust in You. |