english Bible Presentation Sharing - Psalms Book, chapter 55, verse 161 in Esv Version

Psalms 55 : 1 (ESV)

TO THE CHOIRMASTER: WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. A MASKIL OF DAVID. Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!

Psalms 55 : 2 (ESV)

Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan,

Psalms 55 : 3 (ESV)

because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Psalms 55 : 4 (ESV)

My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

Psalms 55 : 5 (ESV)

Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

Psalms 55 : 6 (ESV)

And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;

Psalms 55 : 7 (ESV)

yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah

Psalms 55 : 8 (ESV)

I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest."

Psalms 55 : 9 (ESV)

Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.

Psalms 55 : 10 (ESV)

Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it;

Psalms 55 : 11 (ESV)

ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.

Psalms 55 : 12 (ESV)

For it is not an enemy who taunts me- then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me- then I could hide from him.

Psalms 55 : 13 (ESV)

But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.

Psalms 55 : 14 (ESV)

We used to take sweet counsel together; within God's house we walked in the throng.

Psalms 55 : 15 (ESV)

Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

Psalms 55 : 16 (ESV)

But I call to God, and the LORD will save me.

Psalms 55 : 17 (ESV)

Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.

Psalms 55 : 18 (ESV)

He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.

Psalms 55 : 19 (ESV)

God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah because they do not change and do not fear God.

Psalms 55 : 20 (ESV)

My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant.

Psalms 55 : 21 (ESV)

His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalms 55 : 22 (ESV)

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Psalms 55 : 23 (ESV)

But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.