Psalms 55 : 1 (NLV)
Listen to my prayer, O God. Do not hide Yourself from what I ask.
Psalms 55 : 2 (NLV)
Hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I have no peace,
Psalms 55 : 3 (NLV)
because of the voice of those who hate me and the power of the sinful. For they bring trouble upon me, and in anger they keep on having bad thoughts against me.
Psalms 55 : 4 (NLV)
My heart is in pain within me. The fears of death have come upon me.
Psalms 55 : 5 (NLV)
I have begun shaking with fear. Fear has power over me.
Psalms 55 : 6 (NLV)
And I say, "If only I had wings like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest.
Psalms 55 : 7 (NLV)
Yes, I would go far away. I would live in the desert.
Psalms 55 : 8 (NLV)
I would hurry to my safe place, away from the wild wind and storm."
Psalms 55 : 9 (NLV)
Mix them up, O Lord. Divide their tongues. For I have seen fighting and trouble in the city.
Psalms 55 : 10 (NLV)
They go around on its walls day and night. Sin and wrong-doing are within it.
Psalms 55 : 11 (NLV)
Destroying powers are in the city. Trouble and lies never leave its streets.
Psalms 55 : 12 (NLV)
I would be able to take it if one who hates me were putting me to shame. I could hide from him. It is not one who hates me who has put himself up against me.
Psalms 55 : 13 (NLV)
But it is you, a man like myself, one who has gone with me, my close friend.
Psalms 55 : 14 (NLV)
We shared together. And we walked with the people in the house of God.
Psalms 55 : 15 (NLV)
Let death take them by surprise. Let them go down alive to the grave. For sin is with them where they live.
Psalms 55 : 16 (NLV)
As for me, I will call on God and the Lord will save me.
Psalms 55 : 17 (NLV)
I will cry out and complain in the evening and morning and noon, and He will hear my voice.
Psalms 55 : 18 (NLV)
He will save my soul in peace from those who make war against me. For there are many who fight me.
Psalms 55 : 19 (NLV)
God sits on His throne forever. And He will hear them and bring trouble upon them, because there has been no change in them. They do not fear God.
Psalms 55 : 20 (NLV)
He goes against those who were at peace with him. He has broken his agreement.
Psalms 55 : 21 (NLV)
What he says is smoother than butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are raised swords.
Psalms 55 : 22 (NLV)
Give all your cares to the Lord and He will give you strength. He will never let those who are right with Him be shaken.
Psalms 55 : 23 (NLV)
But You, O God, will bring the sinful down into the hole that destroys. Men who kill and lie will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
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