Psalm 54–56

Psalm LIV.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?

Save me, O God, by thy name,

And judge me by thy strength.

^2aHear my prayer, O God;

Give ear to the words of my mouth.

³For ^bstrangers are risen up against me,

And oppressors seek after my soul:

They have not set God before them. Selah.

⁴Behold, ^cGod is mine helper:

The Lord is ^cwith them that uphold my soul.

⁵He shall reward evil unto mine enemies:

^dCut them off ^ein thy truth.

⁶I will ^ffreely sacrifice unto thee:

I will praise thy name, O Lord; ^gfor it is good.

⁷For he hath delivered me out of all trouble:

And mine eye hath ^hseen his desire upon mine enemies.

Psalm LV.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

^aGive ear to my ^bprayer, O God;

And hide not thyself from my ^bsupplication.

^2aAttend unto me, and ^chear me:

I mourn in my ^dcomplaint, and ^emake a noise;

³Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked:

For ^fthey cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

⁴My heart is sore pained within me:

And ^gthe terrors of death are fallen upon me.

^5hFearfulness and ^htrembling are come upon me,

And ⁱhorror hath overwhelmed me.

⁶And I said, O that I had wings like a dove,

For then would I fly away, and be at rest.

⁷Lo, then would I wander far off,

And remain in the wilderness. Selah.

⁸I would hasten my escape

From the windy storm and ^jtempest.

^9jjDestroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues:

For I have seen ^kviolence and strife in the city.

¹⁰Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:

Mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

^11lWickedness is in the midst thereof:

^mDeceit and guile depart not from her streets.

¹²For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it:

Neither was it he that hated me that did ⁿmagnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

¹³But it was thou, a man mine equal,

My ^oguide, and mine ^pacquaintance.

¹⁴We took sweet ^qcounsel together,

And ^rwalked unto the house of God in ^qcompany.

¹⁵Let death seize upon them,

And let them ^sgo down ^squick into hell:

For wickedness is in their ^tdwellings, and among them.

¹⁶As for me, I will call upon God;

And the Lord shall save me.

^17uEvening, and morning, and ^wat noon, will I ^xpray, and ^xcry aloud:

And he shall hear my voice.

¹⁸He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me:

For there were ^ymany ^zwith me.

¹⁹God shall hear, and afflict them,

Even he that abideth ^aof old. Selah.

Because they have no ^bchanges,

Therefore they fear not God.

²⁰He hath put forth his hands against ^csuch as be at peace with him:

He hath broken his covenant.

^21dThe words of his mouth ^ewere smoother than butter, but war was in his heart:

^eHis words were softer than oil, ^efyet were they drawn swords.

^22gCast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall ^hsustain thee:

He shall never suffer the righteous ⁱto be moved.

²³But thou, O God, ^jshalt bring them down into ^kthe pit of destruction:

Bloody and deceitful men ^lshall not live out half their days;

But ^mI will trust in thee.

Psalm LVI.

To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-recho-kim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.

Be ^amerciful unto me, O God: for man would ^bswallow me up;

He fighting daily oppresseth me.

²Mine enemies would daily ^bswallow me up:

For they be many that fight against me, ^cO thou most High.

³What time I am afraid,

^dI will trust in thee.

^4eIn God I will praise his word,

^deIn God I have put my trust; ^fI will not fear

What flesh can do unto me.

⁵Every day they wrest my words:

All their ^gthoughts are against me for evil.

⁶They ^hgather themselves together, they ⁱhide themselves,

They ^jmark my steps,

When they ^jwait for my soul.

⁷Shall they escape by iniquity?

In thine anger ^kcast down the people, O God.

⁸Thou tellest my wanderings:

^lPut thou my tears into thy bottle:

Are they not in ^mthy book?

⁹ⁿWhen I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies ^oturn back:

This I know; for God is ^pfor me.

^10eIn God will I praise his word:

In the Lord will I praise his word.

^11eIn God have I put my trust: ^fI will not be afraid

What man can do unto me.

^12qThy vows are upon me, O God:

I will render ^rpraises unto thee.

^13sFor thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling,

^tThat I may walk before God in ^uthe light of the living?