Psalms 55
55
Cast Your Burden upon the Lord
(2 Samuel 17:15–29)
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil #55:0 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. of David.
1Listen to my prayer, O God,
and do not ignore my plea.
2Attend to me and answer me.
I am restless in my complaint,
and distraught 3at the voice of the enemy,
at the pressure of the wicked.
For they release disaster upon me
and revile me in their anger.
4My heart murmurs within me,
and the terrors of death assail me.
5Fear and trembling grip me,
and horror has overwhelmed me.
6I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and find rest.
7How far away I would flee!
In the wilderness I would remain.
Selah
8I would hurry to my shelter,
far from this raging tempest.”
9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech,
for I see violence and strife in the city.
10Day and night they encircle the walls,
while malice and trouble lie within.
11Destruction is within;
oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
12For it is not an enemy who insults me;
that I could endure.
It is not a foe who rises against me;
from him I could hide.
13But it is you, a man like myself,
my companion and close friend.
14We shared sweet fellowship together;
we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
15Let death seize them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
for evil is with them in their homes.
16But I call to God,
and the Lord saves me.
17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress,
and He hears my voice.
18He redeems my soul in peace
from the battle waged against me,
even though many oppose me.
19God will hear and humiliate them—
the One enthroned for the ages—
Selah
because they do not change
and they have no fear of God.
20My companion attacks his friends;
he violates his covenant.
21His speech is smooth as butter,
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
yet they are swords unsheathed.
22Cast your burden upon the Lord
and He will sustain you;
He will never let the righteous be shaken.
23But You, O God, will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and deceit
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.
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