Psalm 55

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1 (54-1) ^^ To the chief Musician. On Strings [guns]. . Teachings of David ^^ (54-2) Hear, O God, my prayer, and does not hide from my supplication;
2 (54-3), give ear to me and hear me; I groan in my sorrows, and embarrassed
3 (54-4) from the voice of the enemy, from the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 (54-5) My heart is pained within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me;
5 (54-6) Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
6 (54-7) And I said, `Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly and be at rest;
7 (54-8), however far I went, and remain in the wilderness;
8 (54-9) would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. "

9 (54-10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city;
10 (54-11) during the day and at night they go about it upon the walls thereof; crime and evil in the midst of it;
eleven (54-12) in the midst of his misery; deception and deceit do not go out of its streets:
12 (54-13) for it is not an enemy that reproached me --eto I have suffered; not my hater magnify themselves against me, I would --From he took refuge;
13 (54-14) but you, which was for me the same as I, my friend and my closest,
14 (54-15) with whom we took sweet counsel together, and walked in the house of God.
15 (54-16) Yes, death will come upon them; let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

16 (54-17) I will call upon God, and the Lord will save me.
17 (54-18) Evening and morning and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice;
18 (54-19) will deliver my soul in peace from the fight against me: for there were many with me;
19 (54-20) God shall hear, and humble them from Selah, because there is no change in them; they are not afraid of God,
20 (54-21) put forth their hand to those who are with them in the world, broken his covenant;
21 (54-22) mouth were smoother than butter, but in the heart of their enmity; words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22 (54-23) upon the LORD thy cares, and He shall sustain thee. Never will he allow the righteous to be moved.
23 (54-24) Thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. And I come upon you, [Lord], I trust.

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