55:6 But I said, “Who would give me wings like a dove?” I had flown and I would have rested.
55:7 And I had gone far away; I had flown and dwelt in the wilderness.
55:8 And I had waited for him who delivers me from the wind of hurricanes.
55:9 Lord Jehovah, drown the conversation of their tongues, for I have seen fighting and judgment in the city.
55:10 By day and by night they go around its walls.
55:11 Evil, lies and deceit are within it and fraud and deceit do not depart from its streets.
55:12 For it was not my enemy reproaching me that I may endure, neither one hating me who was lifted up against me, that I would hide from him.
55:13 For it is you, a man like me, my neighbor and my friend.
55:14 For we ate a meal together in the house of God as we were walking in agreement.
55:15 Bring the plague upon them and they shall descend alive to Sheol because evil is within them.
55:16 But I shall call unto God and God will save me.
55:17 At evening, at dawn and at noon I shall meditate and speak and make my voice heard.
55:18 Save my soul from those who are my wise ones, because they have been in contention with me.
55:19 God will hear and will humble them, he who is from before the ages; there is no substitute for them and they were not afraid of God.
55:20 They stretched forth a hand against his companion and they smeared his covenant
55:21 They were troubled by the passion of his Person and by the anger of his heart; his words were softer than oil and effective as spearheads.
55:22 Cast your cares upon Lord Jehovah and he will support you, and he will never give terror to his righteous ones.
55:23 But you, God, have sent them down to the pit of destruction - men, shedders of blood and deceitful deceivers, and they shall not fulfill their days and I shall trust in you.
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