Psalms 55
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth.
1(55-1) For the Leader; with string-music. Maschil of David. (55-2) Give ear, O God, to my prayer; and hide not Thyself from my supplication.
2Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.
2(55-3) Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan;
3My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.
3(55-4) Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast mischief upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
4From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.
4(55-5) My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do against me.
5(55-6) Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.
6(55-7) And I said: 'Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,
7(55-8) Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
8For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces, O God,
8(55-9) I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.'
9I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set my tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.
9(55-10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.
10(55-11) Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
11In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech. In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man can do to me.
11(55-12) Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.
12In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee:
12(55-13) For it was not an enemy that taunted me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him.
13Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.
13(55-14) But it was thou, a man mine equal, my companion, and my familiar friend;
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14(55-15) We took sweet counsel together, in the house of God we walked with the throng.
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15(55-16) May He incite death against them, let them go down alive into the nether-world; for evil is in their dwelling, and within them.
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16(55-17) As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
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17(55-18) Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I complain, and moan; and He hath heard my voice.
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18(55-19) He hath redeemed my soul in peace so that none came nigh me; for they were many that strove with me.
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19(55-20) God shall hear, and humble them, even He that is enthroned of old, Selah, such as have no changes, and fear not God.
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20(55-21) He hath put forth his hands against them that were at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
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21(55-22) Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords.
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22(55-23) Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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23(55-24) But Thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the nethermost pit; men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days; but as for me, I will trust in Thee.
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