Psalms 55 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 <V 54:1>Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David. <V 54:2>Listen to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication. Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;
2 <V 54:3>Be attentive to me, and heed me. I have been grieved in my training, and I have been disturbed Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
3 <V 54:4>at the voice of the adversary and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have diverted iniquities toward me, and they have been harassing me with rage. because 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. because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger.
4 <V 54:5>My heart has become disturbed within me, and the dread of death has fallen over me. My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.
5 <V 54:6>Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and darkness has buried me. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
6 <V 54:7>And I said, “Who will give me wings like the dove, so that I may fly away and take rest?” And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
7 <V 54:8>Behold, I have fled far away, and I linger in solitude. yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah I would flee far away and stay in the desert;
8 <V 54:9>I waited for him who saved me from a weak-minded spirit and from a tempest. I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.” I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”
9 <V 54:10>Cast them down, O Lord, and divide their tongues. For I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city. Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city. Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 <V 54:11>Day and night, iniquity will surround it upon its walls, and hardship is in its midst, Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it; Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.
11 <V 54:12>with injustice. And usury and deceit have not fallen away from its streets. ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace. Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.
12 <V 54:13>For if my enemy had spoken evil about me, certainly, I would have sustained it. And if he who hated me had been speaking great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him. For 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. If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.
13 <V 54:14>Truly, you are a man of one mind: my leader and my acquaintance, But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,
14 <V 54:15>who took sweet food together with me. In the house of God, we walked side-by-side. We used to take sweet counsel together; within God’s house we walked in the throng. with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers.
15 <V 54:16>Let death come upon them, and let them descend alive into Hellfire. For there is wickedness in their dwellings, in their midst. Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart. Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.
16 <V 54:17>But I have cried out to God, and the Lord will save me. But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
17 <V 54:18>Evening and morning and midday, I will discourse and announce, and he will heed my voice. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
18 <V 54:19>He will redeem my soul in peace from those who draw near to me. For, among the many, they were with me. He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me. He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
19 <V 54:20>God will hear, and He who is before time will humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God. God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah because they do not change and do not fear God. God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change— he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God.
20 <V 54:21>He has stretched forth his hand in retribution. They have contaminated his covenant. My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant. My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
21 <V 54:22>They were divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart has drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and they are arrows. His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
22 <V 54:23>Cast your cares upon the Lord, and he will nurture you. He will not allow the just to be tossed about forever. Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
23 <V 54:24>Truly, O God, you will lead them away into the well of death. Bloody and deceitful men will not divide their days in half. But I will hope in you, O Lord. But 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. But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.
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