55:1
55:2
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and
make a noise;
55:3
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the
oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and
in wrath they hate me.
55:4
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death
are fallen upon me.
55:5
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath
overwhelmed me.
55:6
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then]
would I fly away, and be at rest.
55:7
Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the
wilderness. Selah.
55:8
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and]
tempest.
55:9
Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have
seen violence and strife in the city.
55:10
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:
mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.
55:11
Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile
depart not from her streets.
55:12
For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I
could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that]
did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself
from him:
55:13
But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine
acquaintance.
55:14
We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the
house of God in company.
55:15
Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick
into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among
them.
55:16
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save
me.
55:17
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry
aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
55:18
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that
was] against me: for there were many with me.
55:19
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of
old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear
not God.
55:20
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace
with him: he hath broken his covenant.
55:21
[The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but
war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet
[were] they drawn swords.
55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee:
he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of
destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half
their days; but I will trust in thee.
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