Psalms 55 : 1 (MKJV)
To the Chief Musician. For stringed instruments. A contemplation. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Yourself from my cry.
Psalms 55 : 2 (MKJV)
Attend to me, and hear me; I wander and I moan in my complaint,
Psalms 55 : 3 (MKJV)
from the voice of the enemy, from the oppression of the wicked, for they shake trouble over me, and in wrath they hate me.
Psalms 55 : 4 (MKJV)
My heart is pained within me; and the terrors of death have fallen on me.
Psalms 55 : 5 (MKJV)
Fear and trembling have come on me, and horror has covered me.
Psalms 55 : 6 (MKJV)
And I said, Who will give to me wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
Psalms 55 : 7 (MKJV)
Lo, I would wander far off; I would lodge in the desert. Selah.
Psalms 55 : 8 (MKJV)
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Psalms 55 : 9 (MKJV)
Swallow up, O Jehovah, and divide their tongues; for I have seen violence and fighting in the city.
Psalms 55 : 10 (MKJV)
They go around her on her walls by day and night; and evil and sorrow are in her midst.
Psalms 55 : 11 (MKJV)
Covetings are in her midst; oppression and guile will not depart from her streets.
Psalms 55 : 12 (MKJV)
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;
Psalms 55 : 13 (MKJV)
but it is you, a man my rank, my guide and my friend.
Psalms 55 : 14 (MKJV)
We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company.
Psalms 55 : 15 (MKJV)
Let desolation take hold on them, and let them go down alive into hell; for evils are among them in their dwellings.
Psalms 55 : 16 (MKJV)
I, even I, will call to God, and Jehovah will save me.
Psalms 55 : 17 (MKJV)
Evening and morning, and at noon, I will pray and cry aloud; and He shall hear my voice.
Psalms 55 : 18 (MKJV)
He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; for there were many with me.
Psalms 55 : 19 (MKJV)
God shall hear and answer them, even He who is enthroned of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they do not fear God.
Psalms 55 : 20 (MKJV)
He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken his covenant.
Psalms 55 : 21 (MKJV)
The butterings of his mouth were forked, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Psalms 55 : 22 (MKJV)
Cast your burden on Jehovah, and He will keep you; He will never allow the righteous to waver.
Psalms 55 : 23 (MKJV)
But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of ruin; bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days; but I will trust in You.
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