Psalm 55:1-2
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Psalm 55
Complaint about a Friend’s Treachery
To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God;
do not hide yourself from my supplication.
2 Attend to me, and answer me;
I am troubled in my complaint.
I am distraught
Psalm 55:4-9
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
4 My heart is in anguish within me,
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror overwhelms me.
6 And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
7 truly, I would flee far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness;Selah
8 I would hurry to find a shelter for myself
from the raging wind and tempest.”
9 Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech;
for I see violence and strife in the city.
Psalm 55:16-19
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
16 But I call upon God,
and the Lord will save me.
17 Evening and morning and at noon
I utter my complaint and moan,
and he will hear my voice.
18 He will redeem me unharmed
from the battle that I wage,
for many are arrayed against me.
19 God, who is enthroned from of old,Selah
will hear, and will humble them—
because they do not change,
and do not fear God.
Psalm 55:22
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
22 Cast your burden[a] on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
Footnotes
- Psalm 55:22 Or Cast what he has given you
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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