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55:1  Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not Thyself from my supplication.
55:2  Attend unto me and hear me; I mourn in my complaint and moan,
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 sorely pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
55:5  Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
55:6  And I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly away and be at rest.
55:7  Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain 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; mischief 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, a man mine equal, my guide and mine acquaintance.
55:14  We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
55:15  Let death seize upon them, and let them go down alive into hell; 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 will I pray and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice.
55:18  He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many with me.
55:19  God shall hear and afflict them, even He that abideth of old. Selah Because they have not changed, therefore they fear not God.
55:20  He hath put forth his hands against those that are at peace with him; he hath broken 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 were they 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 destruction; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in Thee.