rsv Psalms:55:1-17 SEEK
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To the choirmaster :
with stringed instruments .
A Maskil of David .
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Give ear to my prayer ,
O God ;
and hide not thyself from my supplication !
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Attend to me ,
and answer me ;
I am overcome by my trouble .
I am distraught
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by the noise of the enemy ,
because of the oppression of the wicked .
For they bring trouble upon me ,
and in anger they cherish enmity against me .
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My heart is in anguish within me ,
the terrors of death have fallen upon me .
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Fear and trembling come upon me ,
and horror overwhelms me .
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And I say , "
O that I had wings like a dove !
I would fly away and be at rest ;
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yea ,
I would wander afar ,
I would lodge in the wilderness , [
Selah ]
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I would haste to find me a shelter from the raging wind and tempest ."
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Destroy their plans ,
O Lord ,
confuse their tongues ;
for I see violence and strife in the city .
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Day and night they go around it on its walls ;
and mischief and trouble are within it ,
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ruin is in its midst ;
oppression and fraud do not depart from its market place .
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It is not an enemy who taunts me --
then I could bear it ;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me --
then I could hide from him .
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But it is you ,
my equal ,
my companion ,
my familiar friend .
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We used to hold sweet converse together ;
within God '
s house we walked in fellowship .
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Let death come upon them ;
let them go down to Sheol alive ;
let them go away in terror into their graves .
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But I call upon God ;
and the LORD will save me .