Psalms:55

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* Give ear to my prayer , O God ! Hide not thyself from my supplication ! * Attend unto me , and hear me ! I wander about mourning and wailing , * On account of the clamors of the enemy , On account of the violence of the wicked . For they bring evil upon me , And in wrath set themselves against me . * My heart trembleth in my bosom , And the terrors of death have fallen upon me . * Fear and trembling have seized me , And horror hath overwhelmed me . * Then I say , O that I had wings like a dove ! For then would I fly away , and be at rest . * Behold , I would wander far away , And take up my abode in a wilderness . * I would hasten away to a shelter From the rushing wind and tempest . * Confound , O Lord ! divide their counsels ! For I behold violence and strife in the city . * Day and night do these go about its walls ; In the midst of it are iniquity and mischief . * Wickedness is in the midst of it ; Oppression and fraud depart not from its streets . * It was not an enemy that reviled me , Then I could have borne it ; Nor one that hated me , who rose up against me ; From him I could have hid myself . * But it was thou , a man my equal , My friend , and my acquaintance . * We held sweet converse together , And walked to the house of God in company . * May sudden death seize upon them ! May they go down to the underworld alive ! For wickedness is in their dwellings , in the midst of them . * As for me , I will call upon God , And Jehovah will save me . * At evening , at morn , and at noon I mourn and sigh , And he will hear my voice . * He will deliver me in peace from my conflict ; For many have risen up against me . * God will hear me , and bring them down ,––He that hath been judge of old . Because they have no changes , Therefore they fear not God . * They lift up their hands against their friend , And break their covenant with him . * Their speech was softer than butter , But war was in their heart ; Their words were smoother than oil , Yet were they drawn swords . * "Cast thy burden upon the LORD , and he will sustain thee ; He will never suffer the righteous to fall !" * Yea , thou , O God ! wilt bring them down into the lowest pit ! Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days . But I will trust in thee !

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