Psalms:55 Parallel Bible - WLD ASV |
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| Psalms 55:1 | Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication. | Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication. |
| Psalms 55:2 | Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan, | Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan, |
| Psalms 55:3 | Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me. | Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me. |
| Psalms 55:4 | My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me. | My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me. |
| Psalms 55:5 | Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me. | Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me. |
| Psalms 55:6 | I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest. | And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest. |
| Psalms 55:7 | Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah. | Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah |
| Psalms 55:8 | "I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest." | I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest. |
| Psalms 55:9 | Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, For I have seen violence and strife in the city. | Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city. |
| Psalms 55:10 | Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her. | Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it. |
| Psalms 55:11 | Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets. | Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets. |
| Psalms 55:12 | For it was not an enemy who insulted me, Then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, Then I would have hid myself from him. | 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: |
| Psalms 55:13 | But it was you, a man like me, My companion, and my familiar friend. | But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend. |
| Psalms 55:14 | We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God's house with the throng. | We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng. |
| Psalms 55:15 | Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. | Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. |
| Psalms 55:16 | As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me. | As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me. |
| Psalms 55:17 | Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice. | Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice. |
| Psalms 55:18 | He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, Although there are many who oppose me. | He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me. |
| Psalms 55:19 | God, who is enthroned forever, Will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, Who don't fear God. | God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God. |
| Psalms 55:20 | He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant. | He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant. |
| Psalms 55:21 | His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords. | His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords. |
| Psalms 55:22 | Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved. | Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved. |
| Psalms 55:23 | But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, But I will trust in you. Psalm 56 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands". A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. | But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee. Psalm 56 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath. |
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