Psalms 55 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 To the overseer upon the stringed instrument, instruction to David. Give ear O God, to my prayer; thou wilt not hide thyself from 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 Attend to me and answer me; I shall flow down and make a noise in my complaint. 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 From the voice of the enemy, from the face of the oppression of the unjust one: for they will bring down vanity upon me, for in anger they will lie in wait for 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 will be pained within me, and the terrors of death fell upon 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 will come upon me, and horror will cover me. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
6 And saying, Who will give me the wing-feather as a dove? I will fly away and settle down. 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 Behold, I will move far off; fleeing away I will lodge in the desert. Silence. 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 will hasten escape to me from the rushing wind, from the storm. 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 Swallow up, O Jehovah, divide their tongue: for I saw 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 will surround it upon its walls: and vanity and trouble in her 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 Mischief in her midst: oppression and deceit will not depart from her wide place. 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 not the enemy will reproach me, and I will bear: not he hating me magnified against me; and I will hide 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 And thou a man according to my estimation, my friend 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 Who together made sweet the intercourse, we will go into the house of God with the multitude. 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 Death shall lay waste upon them; they shall go down living to hades, for evils in their sojournings in the midst of 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 will call upon God, and Jehovah 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 Evening and morning and noon I will meditate and make a noise, and he will hear 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 redeemed my soul in peace from the encounter against me: for with 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 God will hear and he will humble them, and he dwelt of old. Silence. With whom no changes to them and they feared not 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 He stretched forth his hand in his recompenses: he profaned 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 They were divided from the wrath of his mouth, and his heart drew near: his words were soft above oil, and they drawn swords. 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 thy giving upon Jehovah and he will sustain thee: he will not give forever a wavering to the just one. 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 And thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the well of destruction: men of bloods and deceit shall not halve their days; and I will trust in thee. 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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