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1 (54-1) <Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.> (54-2) Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
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1 Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;
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2 (54-3) Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,
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2 hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
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3 (54-4) At 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.
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3 at the voice of the enemy, at the stares of the wicked; for they bring down suffering upon me and revile me in their anger.
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4 (54-5) My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
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4 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death assail me.
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5 (54-6) Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
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5 Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
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6 (54-7) And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
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6 I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest--
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7 (54-8) Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
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7 I would flee far away and stay in the desert; "Selah"
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8 (54-9) I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
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8 I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm."
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9 (54-10) Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
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9 Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
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10 (54-11) Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
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10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.
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11 (54-12) And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
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11 Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.
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12 (54-13) For 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 my self from him.
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12 If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him.
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13 (54-14) But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
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13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,
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14 (54-15) Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
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14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God.
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15 (54-16) Let 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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15 Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the grave, for evil finds lodging among them.
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16 (54-17) But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
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16 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
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17 (54-18) Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
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17 Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
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18 (54-19) He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.
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18 He ransoms me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
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19 (54-20) God 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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19 God, who is enthroned forever, will hear them and afflict them-- "Selah" men who never change their ways and have no fear of God.
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20 (54-21) He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
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20 My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
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21 (54-22) They 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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21 His speech is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
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22 (54-23) Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.
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22 Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
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23 (54-24) But 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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23 But you, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.
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