{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":55,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/54","next":"psalms/56","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.","f":["Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Listen to my prayer, O God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and do not ignore my plea."}],"h":"Cast Your Burden upon the LORD","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Attend to me and answer me."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am restless in my complaint,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and distraught"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"at the voice of the enemy,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"at the pressure of the wicked."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For they bring down disaster upon me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and resent me in their anger."}],"style":"indent2"},{"v":4,"t":"My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My heart pounds within me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the terrors of death assail me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Fear and trembling grip me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and horror has overwhelmed me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"I said,“ Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I said,“ Oh, that I had wings like a dove!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I would fly away and find rest."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"How far away I would flee!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"In the wilderness I would remain."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I would hurry to my shelter,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"far from this raging tempest.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O Lord, confuse and confound their speech,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for I see violence and strife in the city."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble [lie] within.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Day and night they encircle the walls,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"while malice and trouble [lie] within."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Destruction [is] within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Destruction [is] within;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"oppression and deceit never leave the streets."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For it is not an enemy who insults me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that I could endure."},{"style":"indent1","t":"It is not a foe who rises against me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from him I could hide."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But it is you, a man like myself,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my companion and close friend."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"We shared sweet fellowship together;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we walked with the crowd into the house of God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Let death seize them by surprise;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let them go down to Sheol alive,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for evil is with them in their homes."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But I call to God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the LORD saves me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and He hears my voice."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"He redeems my soul in peace from the battle [waged] against me, even though many oppose me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He redeems my soul in peace"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the battle [waged] against me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"even though many oppose me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"God will hear and humiliate them — the One enthroned for the ages — Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"God will hear and humiliate them —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the One enthroned for the ages —"},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"},{"style":"indent1","t":"because they do not change"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they have no fear of God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My companion attacks his friends;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he violates his covenant."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His speech is smooth as butter,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but war is in his heart."},{"style":"indent1","t":"His words are softer than oil,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"yet they are swords unsheathed."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Cast your burden upon the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and He will sustain you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He will never let the righteous be shaken."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But You, O God, will bring them down"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to the Pit of destruction;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"men of bloodshed and deceit"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will not live out half their days."},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But I will trust in You."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David."}