Psalms:55

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Seeker Overlay ON

* &lt ;&lt ;To the Overcomer on Neginoth , Maschil , [A Psalm ] of David .&gt ;&gt ; Give ear to my prayer , O God , and do not hide thyself from my supplication . * Attend unto me and hear me : I mourn in my complaint and make a noise * 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 . * My heart is sore pained within me , and the terrors of death are fallen upon me . * Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me , and horror has overwhelmed me . * And I said , Oh that I had wings like a dove ! [for then ] I would fly away and be at rest . * Behold , [then ] I would flee far away [and ] dwell in the wilderness . Selah . * I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and ] tempest . * Destroy , O Lord , [and ] divide their tongues , for I have seen violence and strife in the city . * Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof ; iniquity also and sorrow [are ] in the midst of it . * Wickedness [is ] in the midst thereof ; deceit and guile depart not from her streets . * 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 : * But [it was ] thou , who in my estimation was , my lord and of my own family . * We took sweet counsel together [and ] walked unto the house of God in company . * Let them be condemned unto death , [and ] let them go down alive into Sheol for wickedness [is ] in their dwellings [and ] among them . * As for me , I will call upon God , and the LORD shall save me . * Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud , and he shall hear my voice . * He has ransomed my soul in peace from the battle [that was ] against me , for there were many against me . * God shall hear and bring them down , even he that abides from of old . Selah . Because they do not change , nor do they fear God . * He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him ; he has defiled his covenant . * [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 . * Cast thy burden upon the LORD , and he shall sustain thee ; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved . * But thou , O God , shalt bring them down into the pit of the grave ; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days , but I will trust in thee .:

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