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| 1Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! | 1Pay attention to my prayer, God, and do not hide yourself from my appeal. |
| 2Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, | 2Pay attention to me and answer me. I moan and groan in my thoughts, |
| 3because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me. | 3because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked. They bring down evil upon me, and in anger they hate me. |
| 4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. | 4My heart is trembling within me, and the terrors of death have assaulted me. |
| 5Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. | 5Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and horror has covered me. |
| 6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; | 6I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else? |
| 7yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah | 7Look, I want to flee far away; I want to settle down in the wilderness. Interlude |
| 8I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.” | 8I want to deliver myself quickly from this windstorm and tempest." |
| 9Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city. | 9Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city. |
| 10Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it; | 10Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it. |
| 11ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace. | 11Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets. |
| 12For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him. | 12For it is not an enemy who insults me— I could have handled that— nor is it someone who hates me and who now arises against me— I could have hidden myself from him— |
| 13But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. | 13but it is you— a man whom I treated as my equal— my personal confidant, my close friend! |
| 14We used to take sweet counsel together; within God’s house we walked in the throng. | 14We had good fellowship together; and we even walked together in the house of God! |
| 15Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart. | 15Let death seize them! May they be plunged alive into the afterlife, for wicked things are in their homes and among them. |
| 16But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. | 16I call upon God, and the LORD will deliver me. |
| 17Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. | 17Morning, noon, and night, I mulled over these things and cried out in my distress, and he heard my voice. |
| 18He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me. | 18He calmly ransomed my soul from the war waged against me, for there was a vast crowd who stood against me. |
| 19God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah because they do not change and do not fear God. | 19God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God. |
| 20My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant. | 20Each of my friends raises his hand against his allies; each of my friends breaks his word. |
| 21His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. | 21His mouth is as smooth as butter, while war is in his heart. His words were as smooth as olive oil, while his sword is drawn. |
| 22Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. | 22Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. |
| 23But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you. | 23But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. |
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