55:1  To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of
David. 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 make a noise;
 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 sore pained within me: and the terrors of
death are fallen upon me.
 55:5  Fearfulness and trembling are 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 quick
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 no changes, therefore they
fear not God.
 55:20  He hath put forth his hands against such as be 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.