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          DASV: Psalm 55    

For the music director, with stringed instruments,
a Maskil of David

1 Listen to my prayer, O God;
     do not hide yourself from my plea for mercy.
2 Pay attention to me, and answer me;
     I am disturbed in my complaint,
           and I am troubled,
3 because of the threats of the enemy,
     because of the oppression of the wicked;
      they heap trouble on me,
     and in anger they persecute me.

4 My heart pounds within me;
     the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling have overcome me,
     horror has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, "O that I had wings like a dove!
     Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
7 Then I would flee far away;
     I would remain in the wilderness. Selah
8 I would quickly find a place of refuge
     from the raging gusts and wind."

9 Confuse them, O Lord, thwart their tongues,
     for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they circle its walls;
     trouble and distress are within it.
11 Disaster is in its midst;
     oppression and treachery do not leave its streets.

12 But it is not an enemy who insults me;
     I could bear that;
           it is not one hating me who arrogantly belittles me;
     I could have hid myself from him;
13 but it was you, a person like me,
     my companion and my close friend.
14 Together we shared such sweet conversation;
     we walked in the house of God with the crowds.
15 Let death come suddenly upon them;
     let them go down alive into the grave;
           for wickedness is in their homes and in their midst.

16 As for me, I will call upon God,
     and the LORD will save me.
17 Evening, morning and noon,
     I will express my complaint, and moan,
           and he will hear my voice.
18 He will ransom me in safety from the battle waged against me,
     even though many are against me.
19 God who sits enthroned will hear, and humble them, Selah
      because they never change, and do not fear God.

20 My companion lays his hands on those who were at peace with him;
     he violates his covenant promises.
21 His mouth is as smooth as butter,
     but his heart is at war;
           his words were softer than olive oil,
     but they were really drawn swords.

22 Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you;
     he will never allow the righteous to be moved.
23 But you, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction;
     the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days.

      But I will trust in you.

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