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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 55:1 | Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. | To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, `to' my prayer, And hide not from my supplication. |
| 55:2 | Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; | Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, 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. | Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me. |
| 55:4 | My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. | My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me. |
| 55:5 | Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath |
Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me. |
| 55:6 | And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. | And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest, |
| 55:7 | Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. | Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah. |
| 55:8 | I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. | I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind. |
| 55:9 | Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. | Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city. |
| 55:10 | Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. | By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness `are' in its midst, |
| 55:11 | Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. | Mischiefs `are' in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street. |
| 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: | For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear `it', He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him. |
| 55:13 | But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. | But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance. |
| 55:14 | When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company. | |
| 55:15 | Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into |
Desolations `are' upon them, They go down `to' Sheol -- alive, For wickedness `is' in their dwelling, in their midst. |
| 55:16 | As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. | I -- to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me. |
| 55:17 | Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. | Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice, |
| 55:18 | He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. | He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me. |
| 55:19 | God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because |
God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God, |
| 55:20 | He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: |
He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted 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. | Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'. |
| 55:22 | Cast thy |
Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous. |
| 55:23 | But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: |
And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee! |