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| 55:1 | Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. |
| 55:2 | Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; |
| 55:3 | Because 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. |
| 55:4 | My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. |
| 55:5 | Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. |
| 55:6 | And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. |
| 55:7 | Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. |
| 55:8 | I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. |
| 55:9 | Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. |
| 55:10 | Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. |
| 55:11 | Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. |
| 55:12 | For 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: |
| 55:13 | But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. |
| 55:14 | We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. |
| 55:15 | Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. |
| 55:16 | As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. |
| 55:17 | Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. |
| 55:18 | He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. |
| 55:19 | God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. |
| 55:20 | He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. |
| 55:21 | The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. |
| 55:22 | Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. |
| 55:23 | But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. |
| 55:1 | To the chaunter in melodyes, an instruccyon of Dauid. Heare my prayer (O God) and hide not thy selfe fro my peticion. Take hede vnto me, and heare me, how I mourne in my prayer, & am vexed. |
| 55:2 | The enemy cryeth so, and the vngodly cometh on so fast: for they are mynded to do me some mischefe, so maliciously are they sett agaynst me. |
| 55:3 | My herte is dysquyeted within me, and the feare of death is fallen vpon me. |
| 55:4 | Fearfulnes and trembling are come vpon me, and an horryble drede hath ouerwhelmed me. |
| 55:5 | And I sayd: O that I had winges like a doue, for then wold I flie awaye, and be at reste. |
| 55:6 | Lo, then wolde I gett me awaye farre of, and remayne in the wildernes. Sela. |
| 55:7 | I wolde make hast to escape, because of the stormy wynd and tempeste. |
| 55:8 | Destroye theyr tonges (O Lorde) and deuide them, for I haue spyed vnrighteousnes and stryfe in the cyte. |
| 55:9 | Daye and night go they about within the walles therof: myschefe also, and sorow are in the myddest of it. |
| 55:10 | Wyckednes is therin, dysceate, and gyle go not out of her stretes. |
| 55:11 | For it is not an open enemye that hath done me thys dishonoure: for then I coulde haue borne it: nether was it myne aduersary, that did magnifye hym selfe agaynst me: for then I wolde haue hyd my selfe from hym. |
| 55:12 | But it was euen thou my companion: my gyde, and myne awne familyer frende. |
| 55:13 | We toke swete councell together, & walked in the house of God as frendes. |
| 55:14 | Lett death come hastely vpon them, and let them go downe quyck into hell, for wyckednes is in theyr dwellynges, and amonge them. |
| 55:15 | As for me, I will call vnto God, and the Lorde shall saue me. |
| 55:16 | In the euening, and mornynge and at noone daye wyll I praye, (and that instantly) and he shall heare my voyce. |
| 55:17 | It is he that hath delyuered my soule in peace, from the batayll that was agaynst me: for there were many with me. |
| 55:18 | Yee, euen God that endureth for euer, shall heare me, and bryng them downe. Sela. For they wyll not turne, ner feare God. |
| 55:19 | He layed hys handes vpon soch as be at peace wt hym, and he brake hys couenaunt. |
| 55:20 | The wordes of hys mouth were softer then butter, hauynge warre in his hert: hys wordes were smother then oyle, and yet be they very sweardes. |
| 55:21 | O cast thy burthen, vpon the Lorde and he shall norysh the, and not suffre the ryghteous to fall for euer. |
| 55:22 | And as for them, thou (O God) shalt brynge them into the pyt of destruccyon. |
| 55:23 | The bloude thrusty and disceatful men shall not lyue out halfe theyr dayes. Neuerthelesse, my trust shalbe in the. |
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