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1 For the leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David: Listen, God, to my prayer! Don't hide yourself from my plea!
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Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;
2 Pay attention to me, and answer me! I am panic-stricken as I make my complaint, I shudder
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hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
3 at how the enemy shouts, at how the wicked oppress; for they keep heaping trouble on me and angrily tormenting me.
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because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger.
4 My heart within me is pounding in anguish, the terrors of death press down on me,
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My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.
5 fear and trembling overwhelm me, horror covers me.
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Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, "I wish I had wings like a dove! Then I could fly away and be at rest.
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I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
7 Yes, I would flee to a place far off, I would stay in the desert. (Selah)
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I would flee far away and stay in the desert;
8 I would quickly find me a shelter from the raging wind and storm."
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I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”
9 Confuse, Adonai, confound their speech! For I see violence and fighting in the city.
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Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about its walls; within are malice and mischief.
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Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.
11 Ruin is rife within it, oppression and fraud never leave its streets.
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Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.
12 For it was not an enemy who insulted me; if it had been, I could have borne it. It was not my adversary who treated me with scorn; if it had been, I could have hidden myself.
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If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.
13 But it was you, a man of my own kind, my companion, whom I knew well.
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But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,
14 We used to share our hearts with each other; in the house of God we walked with the crowd.
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with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers.
15 May he put death on them; let them go down alive to Sh'ol; for evil is in their homes and also in their hearts.
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Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.
16 But I will call on God, and ADONAI will save me.
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As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
17 Evening, morning and noon I complain and moan; but he hears my voice.
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Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
18 He redeems me and gives me peace, so that no one can come near me. For there were many who fought me.
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He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
19 God will hear and will humble them, yes, he who has sat on his throne from the start. (Selah) For they never change, and they don't fear God.
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God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change— he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God.
20 [My companion] attacked those who were at peace with him; he broke his solemn word.
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My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
21 What he said sounded smoother than butter, but his heart was at war. His words seemed more soothing than oil, but in fact they were sharp swords.
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His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
22 Unload your burden on ADONAI, and he will sustain you. He will never permit the righteous to be moved.
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Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
23 But you will bring them down, God, into the deepest pit. Those men, so bloodthirsty and treacherous, will not live out half their days. But for my part, [ADONAI,] I put my trust in you.
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But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.
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