Psalm 55

New King James Version

Trust in God Concerning the Treachery of Friends

To the Chief Musician. With ^[a]stringed instruments. A ^[b]Contemplation of David.

55 Give ear to my prayer, O God,
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
²Attend to me, and hear me;
I ^(A)am^[c] restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,
³Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
^(B)For they bring down trouble upon me,
And in wrath they hate me.

⁴^(C)My heart is severely pained within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
⁵Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.
⁶So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
⁷Indeed, I would wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness. Selah
⁸I would hasten my escape
From the windy storm and tempest.”

⁹Destroy, O Lord, and divide their ^[d]tongues,
For I have seen ^(D)violence and strife in the city.
¹⁰Day and night they go around it on its walls;
^(E)Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.
¹¹Destruction is in its midst;
^(F)Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.

¹²^(G)For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has ^(H)exalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.
¹³But it was you, a man my equal,
^(I)My companion and my acquaintance.
¹⁴We took sweet counsel together,
And ^(J)walked to the house of God in the throng.

¹⁵Let death seize them;
Let them ^(K)go down alive into ^[e]hell,
For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

¹⁶As for me, I will call upon God,
And the Lord shall save me.
¹⁷^(L)Evening and morning and at noon
I will pray, and cry aloud,
And He shall hear my voice.
¹⁸He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
For ^(M)there were many against me.
¹⁹God will hear, and afflict them,
^(N)Even He who abides from of old. Selah
Because they do not change,
Therefore they do not fear God.

²⁰He has ^(O)put forth his hands against those who ^(P)were at peace with him;
He has broken his ^[f]covenant.
²¹^(Q)The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But war was in his heart;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

²²^(R)Cast your burden on the Lord,
And ^(S)He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be ^[g]moved.

²³But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
^(T)Bloodthirsty and deceitful men ^(U)shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.

Footnotes

Psalm 55:1 Heb. neginoth
Psalm 55:1 Heb. Maschil
Psalm 55:2 wander
Psalm 55:9 speech, their counsel
Psalm 55:15 Or Sheol
Psalm 55:20 treaty
Psalm 55:22 shaken

Zechariah 9

New King James Version

Israel Defended Against Enemies

9 The ^[a]burden of the word of the Lord
Against the land of Hadrach,
And ^(A)Damascus its resting place
(For ^(B)the eyes of men
And all the tribes of Israel
Are on the Lord);
²Also against ^(C)Hamath, which borders on it,
And against ^(D)Tyre and ^(E)Sidon, though they are very ^(F)wise.

³For Tyre built herself a tower,
Heaped up silver like the dust,
And gold like the mire of the streets.
⁴Behold, ^(G)the Lord will cast her out;
He will destroy ^(H)her power in the sea,
And she will be devoured by fire.

⁵Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And ^(I)Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

⁶“A^[b] mixed race shall settle ^(J)in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the ^(K)Philistines.
⁷I will take away the blood from his mouth,
And the abominations from between his teeth.
But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,
And shall be like a leader in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
⁸^(L)I will camp around My house
Because of the army,
Because of him who passes by and him who returns.
No more shall an oppressor pass through them,
For now I have seen with My eyes.

The Coming King^(M)

⁹“Rejoice ^(N)greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, ^(O)your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
¹⁰I ^(P)will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
The ^(Q)battle bow shall be cut off.
He shall speak peace to the nations;
His dominion shall be ^(R)‘from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.’

God Will Save His People

¹¹“As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your ^(S)prisoners free from the waterless pit.
¹²Return to the stronghold,
^(T)You prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore ^(U)double to you.
¹³For I have bent Judah, My bow,
Fitted the bow with Ephraim,
And raised up your sons, O Zion,
Against your sons, O Greece,
And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”

¹⁴Then the Lord will be seen over them,
And ^(V)His arrow will go forth like lightning.
The Lord God will blow the trumpet,
And go ^(W)with whirlwinds from the south.
¹⁵The Lord of hosts will ^(X)defend them;
They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.
They shall drink and roar as if with wine;
They shall be filled with blood like ^[c]basins,
Like the corners of the altar.
¹⁶The Lord their God will ^(Y)save them in that day,
As the flock of His people.
For ^(Z)they shall be like the ^[d]jewels of a crown,
^(AA)Lifted like a banner over His land—
¹⁷For ^(AB)how great is ^[e]its goodness
And how great its ^(AC)beauty!
^(AD)Grain shall make the young men thrive,
And new wine the young women.