Holy Bible - Revised Standard Version(RSV)

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.
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