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55:1  To the Overcomer on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God, and do not hide thyself from my supplication.
55:2  Attend unto me and hear me: I mourn in my complaint and make a noise
55:3  because of the voice of the enemy because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
55:4  My heart is sore pained within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
55:5  Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
55:6  And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away and be at rest.
55:7  Behold, then I would flee far away and dwell in the wilderness. Selah.
55:8  I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
55:9  Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
55:10  Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
55:11  Wickedness is in the midst thereof; deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
55:12  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:
55:13  But it was thou, who in my estimation was, my lord, and of my own family.
55:14  We took sweet counsel together and walked unto the house of God in company.
55:15  Let them be condemned unto death, and let them go down alive into Sheol for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
55:16  As for me, I will call upon God, and the LORD shall save me.
55:17  Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud, and he shall hear my voice.
55:18  He has ransomed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many against me.
55:19  God shall hear and bring them down, even he that abides from of old. Selah. Because they do not change, nor do they fear God.
55:20  He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him; he has defiled his covenant.
55:21  The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
55:22  Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
55:23  But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of the grave; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.