Psalms 55
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
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.
1In finem, pro populo qui a sanctis longe factus est. David in tituli inscriptionem, cum tenuerunt eum Allophyli in Geth.
2(55-3) Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan;
2[Miserere mei, Deus, quoniam conculcavit me homo; tota die impugnans, tribulavit 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.
3Conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die, quoniam multi bellantes adversum me.
4(55-5) My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
4Ab altitudine diei timebo: ego vero in te sperabo.
5(55-6) Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
5In Deo laudabo sermones meos; in Deo speravi: non timebo quid faciat mihi caro.
6(55-7) And I said: 'Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.
6Tota die verba mea execrabantur; adversum me omnes cogitationes eorum in malum.
7(55-8) Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
7Inhabitabunt, et abscondent; ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt. Sicut sustinuerunt animam meam,
8(55-9) I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.'
8pro nihilo salvos facies illos; in ira populos confringes.
9(55-10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
9Deus, vitam meam annuntiavi tibi; posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo, sicut et in promissione tua:
10(55-11) Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
10tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum. In quacumque die invocavero te, ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es.
11(55-12) Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.
11In Deo laudabo verbum; in Domino laudabo sermonem. In Deo speravi: non timebo quid faciat mihi homo.
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.
12In me sunt, Deus, vota tua, quæ reddam, laudationes tibi:
13(55-14) But it was thou, a man mine equal, my companion, and my familiar friend;
13quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte, et pedes meos de lapsu, ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium.]
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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