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55:1  For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. God, listen to my prayer and do not hide from my plea for help.
55:2  Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint,
55:3  because of the enemy’s words, because of the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster on me and harass me in anger.
55:4  My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.
55:5  Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me.
55:6  I said, “If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
55:7  How far away I would flee; I would stay in the wilderness.Selah
55:8  I would hurry to my shelter from the raging wind and the storm.”
55:9  Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;
55:10  day and night they make the rounds on its walls. Crime and trouble are within it;
55:11  destruction is inside it; oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.
55:12  Now it is not an enemy who insults me— otherwise I could bear it; it is not a foe who rises up against me— otherwise I could hide from him.
55:13  But it is you, a man who is my peer, my companion and good friend!
55:14  We used to have close fellowship; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
55:15  Let death take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them.
55:16  But I call to God, and the Lord will save me.
55:17  I complain and groan morning, noon, and night, and he hears my voice.
55:18  Though many are against me, he will redeem me from my battle unharmed.
55:19  God, the one enthroned from long ago, will hear and will humiliate themSelah because they do not change and do not fear God.
55:20  My friend acts violently against those at peace with him; he violates his covenant.
55:21  His buttery words are smooth, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, but they are drawn swords.
55:22  Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
55:23  God, you will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and treachery will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.