Psalms 54
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1(54-1) For the Leader; with string-music. Maschil of David: (54-2) when the Ziphites came and said to Saul: 'Doth not David hide himself with us?' (54-3) O God, save me by Thy name, and right me by Thy might.
1Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.
2(54-4) O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
2Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
3(54-5) For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah
3Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,
4(54-6) Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is for me as the upholder of my soul.
4At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.
5(54-7) He will requite the evil unto them that lie in wait for me; destroy Thou them in Thy truth.
5My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
6(54-8) With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto Thee; I will give thanks unto Thy name, O LORD, for it is good.
6Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
7(54-9) For He hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath gazed upon mine enemies.
7And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
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8Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
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9I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
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10Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
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11Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
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12And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
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13For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
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14But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
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15Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
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16Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.
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17But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
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18Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
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19He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.
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20God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:
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21He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
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22They are divided by the wrath Of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.
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23Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.
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24But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.
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