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Psalms 55
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1For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Geth.
1Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me.
2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; for there are many warring against me.
3Because 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.
4They shall be afraid, but I will trust in thee.
4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5In God I will praise my words; all the day have I hoped in God; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me.
5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6All the day long they have abominated my words; all their devices [are] against me for evil.
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7They will dwell near and hide [themselves]; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.
7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8Thou wilt on no account save them; thou wilt bring down the people in wrath.
8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9O God, I have declared my life to thee; thou hast set my tears before thee, even according to thy promise.
9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10Mine enemies shall be turned back, in the day wherein I shall call upon thee; behold, I know that thou art my God.
10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11In God will I praise [his] word; in the Lord will I praise [his] saying.
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12I have hoped in God; I will not be afraid of what man shall do to me.
12For 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:
13The vows of thy praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me.
13But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from sliding, that I should be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living.
14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.