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55:1  To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication!
55:2  Attend to me, and answer me; I am overcome by my trouble. I am distraught
55:3  by the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring trouble upon me, and in anger they cherish enmity against me.
55:4  My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
55:5  Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
55:6  And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
55:7  yea, I would wander afar, I would lodge in the wilderness,Selah
55:8  I would haste to find me a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.”
55:9  Destroy their plans, O Lord, confuse their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
55:10  Day and night they go around it on its walls; and mischief and trouble are within it,
55:11  ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its market place.
55:12  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.
55:13  But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.
55:14  We used to hold sweet converse together; within God’s house we walked in fellowship.
55:15  Let death come upon them; let them go down to Sheol alive; let them go away in terror into their graves.
55:16  But I call upon God; and the Lord will save me.
55:17  Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice.
55:18  He will deliver my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.
55:19  God will give ear, and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old; because they keep no law, and do not fear God.Selah
55:20  My companion stretched out his hand against his friends, he violated his covenant.
55:21  His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
55:22  Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
55:23  But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.