Psalms 55 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Pay attention to my prayer, God, and do not hide yourself from my appeal. 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 Pay attention to me and answer me. I moan and groan in my thoughts, 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 because 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. 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 My heart is trembling within me, and the terrors of death have assaulted 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 Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and horror has covered me. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, |O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else? 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 Look, I want to flee far away; I want to settle down in the wilderness. Interlude yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah I would flee far away and stay in the desert;
8 I want to deliver myself quickly from this windstorm and 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 Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife 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 Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it. 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 Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave 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 For 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— 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 but it is you— a man whom I treated as my equal— my personal confidant, my close friend! 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 We had good fellowship together; and we even walked together in the house of God! 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 Let death seize them! May they be plunged alive into the afterlife, for wicked things are in their homes and among them. 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 I call upon God, and the LORD will deliver 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 Morning, noon, and night, I mulled over these things and cried out in my distress, and he heard 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 He calmly ransomed my soul from the war waged against me, for there was a vast crowd who stood against 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 God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear 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 Each of my friends raises his hand against his allies; each of my friends breaks his word. My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant. My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
21 His 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. 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 Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. 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 But 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. 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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