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55:1  For the leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David:
55:2  Listen, God, to my prayer! Don’t hide yourself from my plea!
55:3  Pay attention to me, and answer me! I am panic-stricken as I make my complaint, I shudder
55:4  at how the enemy shouts, at how the wicked oppress; for they keep heaping trouble on me and angrily tormenting me.
55:5  My heart within me is pounding in anguish, the terrors of death press down on me,
55:6  fear and trembling overwhelm me, horror covers me.
55:7  I said, “I wish I had wings like a dove! Then I could fly away and be at rest.
55:8  Yes, I would flee to a place far off, I would stay in the desert. (Selah)
55:9  I would quickly find me a shelter from the raging wind and storm.”
55:10  Confuse, Adonai, confound their speech! For I see violence and fighting in the city.
55:11  Day and night they go about its walls; within are malice and mischief.
55:12  Ruin is rife within it, oppression and fraud never leave its streets.
55:13  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.
55:14  But it was you, a man of my own kind, my companion, whom I knew well.
55:15  We used to share our hearts with each other; in the house of God we walked with the crowd.
55:16  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.
55:17  But I will call on God, and Adonai will save me.
55:18  Evening, morning and noon I complain and moan; but he hears my voice.
55:19  He redeems me and gives me peace, so that no one can come near me. For there were many who fought me.
55:20  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.
55:21  [My companion] attacked those who were at peace with him; he broke his solemn word.
55:22  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.
55:23  Unload your burden on Adonai, and he will sustain you. He will never permit the righteous to be moved.