Psalms 55 : 1 (LXXEN)
- Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.
Psalms 55 : 2 (LXXEN)
Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled;
Psalms 55 : 3 (LXXEN)
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.
Psalms 55 : 4 (LXXEN)
My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.
Psalms 55 : 5 (LXXEN)
Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.
Psalms 55 : 6 (LXXEN)
And I said, O that I had wings as those of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Psalms 55 : 7 (LXXEN)
Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause.
Psalms 55 : 8 (LXXEN)
I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.
Psalms 55 : 9 (LXXEN)
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gain saying in the city.
Psalms 55 : 10 (LXXEN)
Day and night *Or, it, sc. iniquity he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness are in the midst of it;
Psalms 55 : 11 (LXXEN)
and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.
Psalms 55 : 12 (LXXEN)
For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated me had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.
Psalms 55 : 13 (LXXEN)
But thou, O man like minded, my guide, and my acquaintance,
Psalms 55 : 14 (LXXEN)
who in companionship with me sweetened our food: we walked in the house of God in concord.
Psalms 55 : 15 (LXXEN)
Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.
Psalms 55 : 16 (LXXEN)
I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me.
Psalms 55 : 17 (LXXEN)
Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known my wants: and he shall hear my voice.
Psalms 55 : 18 (LXXEN)
He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me: for they were with me in many cases.
Psalms 55 : 19 (LXXEN)
God shall hear, and bring them low, even he that has existed from eternity. Pause. *Or, they have nothing to give in exchange, q. d. to redeem their souls; Compare Ps 48:7, 8; Mr 8:37 For they suffer no reverse, and therefore they have not feared God.
Psalms 55 : 20 (LXXEN)
He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant.
Psalms 55 : 21 (LXXEN)
They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew *Compare Heb. and A. V. nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.
Psalms 55 : 22 (LXXEN)
1 Pe 5:7. Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall Or, nourish sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psalms 55 : 23 (LXXEN)
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.
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