Psalm 55

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁴ My ^(I)heart is in anguish within me,
And the terrors of ^(J)death have fallen upon me.
⁵ Fear and ^(K)trembling come upon me,
And ^[d](L)horror has overwhelmed me.
⁶ I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and ^[e](M)be at rest.
⁷ “Behold, I would wander far away,
I would ^(N)lodge in the wilderness. ^[f]Selah.
⁸ “I would hasten to my place of refuge
From the ^(O)stormy wind and tempest.”

^9 [g]Confuse, O Lord, ^(P)divide their tongues,
For I have seen ^(Q)violence and strife in the city.
¹⁰ Day and night they go around her upon her walls,
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.
^11 (R)Destruction is in her midst;
^(S)Oppression and deceit do not depart from her ^[h]streets.

¹² For it is ^(T)not an enemy who reproaches me,
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who hates me who ^(U)has exalted himself against me,
Then I could hide myself from him.
¹³ But it is you, a man ^[i]my equal,
My ^(V)companion and my ^[j](W)familiar friend;
¹⁴ We who had sweet ^[k]fellowship together
^(X)Walked in the house of God in the throng.
¹⁵ Let ^[l]death come ^(Y)deceitfully upon them;
Let them ^(Z)go down alive to ^[m]Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

¹⁶ As for me, I shall ^(AA)call upon God,
And the Lord will save me.
^17 (AB)Evening and ^(AC)morning and at ^(AD)noon, I will complain and murmur,
And He will hear my voice.
¹⁸ He will ^(AE)redeem my soul in peace ^[n]from the battle which is against me,
For they are ^(AF)many who strive with me.
¹⁹ God will ^(AG)hear and ^[o]answer them—
Even the one ^(AH)who ^[p]sits enthroned from of old— Selah.
With whom there ^[q]is no change,
And who ^(AI)do not fear God.
²⁰ He has put forth his hands against ^(AJ)those who were at peace with him;
He has ^[r](AK)violated his covenant.
²¹ His ^[s]speech was ^(AL)smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were ^(AM)softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn ^(AN)swords.

^22 (AO)Cast ^[t]your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you;
^(AP)He will never allow the righteous to ^[u](AQ)be shaken.
²³ But You, O God, will bring them down to the ^[v](AR)pit of destruction;
^(AS)Men of bloodshed and deceit will ^(AT)not live out half their days.
But I will ^(AU)trust in You.