Psalm 55
English Standard Version
Cast Your Burden on the Lord
To the choirmaster: with (A)stringed instruments. A Maskil[a] of David.
55 (B)Give ear to my prayer, O God,
and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!
2 Attend to me, and answer me;
I am restless (C)in my complaint and I (D)moan,
3 because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they (E)drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4 My heart is in anguish within me;
(F)the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling come upon me,
and (G)horror (H)overwhelms me.
6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
7 (I)yes, I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
8 I would hurry to find a shelter
from (J)the raging wind and tempest.”
9 Destroy, O Lord, (K)divide their tongues;
for I see (L)violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and (M)iniquity and trouble are within it;
11 ruin is in its midst;
(N)oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who (O)deals insolently with me—
then I could hide from him.
13 (P)But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.
14 We used to take sweet counsel together;
within God's house we walked in (Q)the throng.
15 Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol (R)alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
16 But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.
17 (S)Evening and (T)morning and at (U)noon
I (V)utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
18 He redeems my soul in safety
from the battle that I wage,
for (W)many are arrayed against me.
19 God will give ear and humble them,
he who is (X)enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not (Y)change
and do not fear God.
20 My companion[b] (Z)stretched out his hand against his friends;
he violated his covenant.
21 His (AA)speech was (AB)smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were (AC)drawn swords.
22 (AD)Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
(AE)he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
23 But you, O God, (AF)will cast them down
into (AG)the pit of destruction;
men of (AH)blood and treachery
shall not (AI)live out half their days.
But I will (AJ)trust in you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 55:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 55:20 Hebrew He
Псалтирь 55
New Russian Translation
55 Дирижеру хора. На мотив «О голубке в дальней дубраве». Мольба Давида, когда филистимляне схватили его в Гате[a].
2 Боже, помилуй меня,
потому что люди меня затравили;
всякий день, нападая, меня теснят.
3 Враг травит меня весь день;
много тех, кто против меня воюет[b], о Всевышний.
4 Когда мне страшно,
я на Тебя полагаюсь.
5 На Бога, Чье слово я славлю,
на Бога полагаюсь
и не устрашусь:
что может мне сделать смертный?
6 А они весь день искажают слова мои,
всегда замышляют сделать мне зло.
7 Составляют заговоры, таятся,
наблюдают за каждым моим шагом,
желая меня убить.
8 Так не дай им избежать наказания за их вину;
в гневе Своем, Боже, низложи народы!
9 У Тебя записаны все скитания мои;
собери мои слезы в сосуд Свой, –
не в Твоей ли книге они?
10 И враги мои обратятся вспять,
когда я о помощи воззову.
Так я узнаю, что Бог со мной.
11 На Бога, Чье слово я славлю,
на Господа, Чье слово я славлю,
12 на Бога полагаюсь,
и не устрашусь:
что может мне сделать человек?
13 Боже, я дам Тебе, что обещал,
я принесу Тебе жертвы благодарения.
14 Ведь Ты меня спас от смерти
и не дал споткнуться моим ногам,
чтобы мне во свете живых
ходить пред Тобою.
Footnotes
- 55:1 См. 1 Цар. 21:10-15; 27:1-4.
- 55:3 Или: «тех, кто в гордыне со мной воюет».
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