Psalm 55 — Legacy Standard Bible

He Will Never Allow the Righteous to Be Shaken

For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A ¹Maskil of David.

^aGive ear to my prayer, O God;And ^bdo not hide Yourself from my supplication.²Give ^aheed to me and answer me;I am restless in my ^bcomplaint and ¹^,^cam surely distracted,³Because of the voice of the enemy,Because of the ^apressure of the wicked;For they ^bshake wickedness down upon meAnd in anger they ^cbear a grudge against me.⁴My ^aheart is in anguish within me,And the terrors of ^bdeath have fallen upon me.⁵Fear and ^atrembling come upon me,And ¹^,^bhorror has covered me.⁶I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!I would fly away and ¹^,^abe at rest.⁷“Behold, I would wander far away,I would ^alodge in the wilderness. ¹ Selah.⁸“I would hasten to my place of refugeFrom the ^astormy wind and tempest.”⁹¹Confuse, O Lord, ^adivide their tongues,For I have seen ^bviolence and strife in the city.¹⁰Day and night they go around her upon her walls,And wickedness and mischief are in her midst.¹¹^aDestruction is in her midst;^bOppression and deceit do not depart from her ¹streets.¹²For it is ^anot an enemy who reproaches me,Then I could bear it;Nor is it one who hates me who ^bhas magnified himself against me,Then I could hide myself from him.¹³But it is you, a man ¹my equal,My ^aclose companion and my ²^,^bfamiliar friend;¹⁴We who had sweet counsel together^aWalked in the house of God in the throng.¹⁵Let ¹death come ^adeceitfully upon them;Let them ^bgo down alive to Sheol,For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.¹⁶As for me, I shall ^acall upon God,And Yahweh will save me.¹⁷^aEvening and ^bmorning and at ^cnoon, I will bring my complaint and moan,And He will hear my voice.¹⁸He will ^aredeem my soul in peace ¹from the battle which is against me,For they are ^bmany who strive with me.¹⁹God will ^ahear and ¹answer them—Even the one ^bwho ²sits enthroned from of old— Selah.Because they ³do not change,And ^cdo not fear God.²⁰¹My companion has put forth his hands against ^athose who were at peace with him;He has ²^,^bviolated his covenant.²¹His ¹speech was ^asmoother than butter,But his heart was war;His words were ^bsofter than oil,Yet they were drawn ^cswords.²²^aCast ¹your burden upon Yahweh and He will sustain you;^bHe will never allow the righteous to ²^,^cbe shaken.²³But You, O God, will bring them down to the ¹^,^apit of corruption;^bMen of bloodshed and deceit will ^cnot live out half their days.But I will ^dtrust in You.