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Chapter 55 |
1 | Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not
thyself from my supplication. |
2 |
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; |
3 | Because
of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for
they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. |
4 | My heart is sore pained within me: and the
terrors of death are fallen upon me. |
5 |
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. |
6 | And I
said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be
at rest. |
7 | Lo, then would I
wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. |
8 | I would hasten my escape from the windy
storm and tempest. |
9 | Destroy,
O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in
the city. |
10 | Day
and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and
sorrow are in the midst of it. |
11 |
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her
streets. |
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| For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have
borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself
against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
Psalms 41:9
Micah 7:6
Matt 10:36
John 13:18
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13 | But it was
thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. |
14 | We took sweet counsel together, and walked
unto the house of God in company. |
15 |
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for
wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. |
16 | As for me, I will call upon God; and the
LORD shall save me. |
17 |
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he
shall hear my voice. |
18 |
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me:
for there were many with me. |
19 |
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because
they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. |
20 | He hath put forth his hands against such
as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. |
21 | The words of his mouth were smoother than
butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet
were they drawn swords. |
22 |
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never
suffer the righteous to be moved. |
23 |
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. |