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Home Book of Tehilim Psalm 55

Psalm 55

תהילים 55

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For the leader; with instrumental music. A maskil of David.
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Give ear, O God, to my prayer; do not ignore my plea;
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pay heed to me and answer me. I am tossed about, complaining and moaning
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at the clamor of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they bring evil upon me and furiously harass me.
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My heart is convulsed within me; terrors of death assail me.
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Fear and trembling invade me; I am clothed with horror.
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I said, u201cO that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and find rest;
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surely, I would flee far off; I would lodge in the wilderness; selah
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I would soon find me a refuge from the sweeping wind, from the tempest.u201d
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O my Sovereign, confound their speech, confuse it! For I see lawlessness and strife in the city;
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day and night they make their rounds on its walls; evil and mischief are inside it.
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Malice is within it; fraud and deceit never leave its square.
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It is not an enemy who reviles me u2014I could bear that; it is not my foe who boasts against me u2014for then I could hide;
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but it is you, my equal, my companion, my friend;
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sweet was our fellowship; we walked together in Godu2019s house.
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Let [God] incite death against them; may they go down alive into Sheol! For where they dwell, there evil is.
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As for me, I call to God; GOD will deliver me.
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Evening, morning, and noon, I complain and moan, and my voice is heard.
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[God] redeems me unharmed from the battle against me; it is as though many are on my side.
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God who has reigned from the first, who will have no successor, hears and humbles those who show no reverence. Selah.
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My companion caused harm to allies and broke a pactu2014
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with talk smoother than butter, yet with a mind set on war; with words that were softer than oil, yet in fact were drawn swords.
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Cast your burden on GOD and you will be sustained; the righteous will never be allowed to collapse.
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For You, O God, will bring them down to the nethermost Pitu2014 those treacherous murderers; they shall not live out half their daysu2014 but I trust in You.