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55:1  For the choir director; on stringed instruments; a maskil by David. Open your ears to my prayer, O Elohim. Do not hide from my plea for mercy.
55:2  Pay attention to me, and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am confused
55:3  because my enemy shouts at me and a wicked person persecutes me. They bring misery crashing down on me, and they attack me out of anger.
55:4  My heart is in turmoil. The terrors of death have seized me.
55:5  Fear and trembling have overcome 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  Indeed, I would run far away. I would stay in the desert. Selah
55:8  I would hurry to find shelter from the raging wind and storm.”
55:9  Completely confuse their language, O Adonay, because I see violence and conflict in the city.
55:10  Day and night they go around on top of the city walls. Trouble and misery are everywhere.
55:11  Destruction is everywhere. Oppression and fraud never leave the streets.
55:12  If an enemy had insulted me, then I could bear it. If someone who hated me had attacked me, then I could hide from him.
55:13  But it is you, my equal, my best friend, one I knew so well!
55:14  We used to talk to each other in complete confidence and walk into Elohim’s house with the festival crowds.
55:15  Let death suddenly take wicked people! Let them go into the grave while they are still alive, because evil lives in their homes as well as in their hearts.
55:16  But I call on Elohim, and Yahweh saves me.
55:17  Morning, noon, and night I complain and groan, and he listens to my voice.
55:18  With his peace, he will rescue my soul from the war waged against me, because there are many soldiers fighting against me.
55:19  El will listen. The one who has sat enthroned from the beginning will deal with them. Selah They never change. They never fear Elohim.
55:20  My best friend has betrayed his friends. He has broken his solemn promise.
55:21  His speech is smoother than butter, but there is war in his heart. His words are more soothing than oil, but they are like swords ready to attack.
55:22  Turn your burdens over to Yahweh, and he will take care of you. He will never let the righteous person stumble.
55:23  But you, O Elohim, will throw wicked people into the deepest pit. Bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I will trust you.