Psa55

Psalms – Chapter 55

¹For the leader. On stringed instruments. A maskil of David.

I

²Listen, God, to my prayer;

do not hide from my pleading;

³hear me and give answer.

I rock with grief; I groan

⁴at the uproar of the enemy,

the clamor of the wicked.

They heap trouble upon me,

savagely accuse me.

⁵My heart pounds within me;

death’s terrors fall upon me.

⁶Fear and trembling overwhelm me;

shuddering sweeps over me.

⁷I say, “If only I had wings like a dove

that I might fly away and find rest.

⁸Far away I would flee;

I would stay in the desert.

Selah

⁹“I would soon find a shelter

from the raging wind and storm.”

II

¹⁰Lord, check and confuse their tongues.

For I see violence and strife in the city

¹¹making rounds on its walls day and night.

Within are mischief and trouble;

¹²treachery is in its midst;

oppression and fraud never leave its streets.

¹³For it is not an enemy that reviled me—

that I could bear—

Not a foe who viewed me with contempt,

from that I could hide.

¹⁴But it was you, my other self,

my comrade and friend,

¹⁵You, whose company I enjoyed,

at whose side I walked

in the house of God.

III

¹⁶Let death take them;

let them go down alive to Sheol,

for evil is in their homes and bellies.

¹⁷But I will call upon God,

and the LORD will save me.

¹⁸At dusk, dawn, and noon

I will grieve and complain,

and my prayer will be heard.

¹⁹He will redeem my soul in peace

from those who war against me,

though there are many who oppose me.

²⁰God, who sits enthroned forever,

will hear me and afflict them.

Selah

For they will not mend their ways;

they have no fear of God.

²¹He stretched out his hand at his friends

and broke his covenant.

²²Softer than butter is his speech,

but war is in his heart.

Smoother than oil are his words,

but they are unsheathed swords.

²³Cast your care upon the LORD,

who will give you support.

He will never allow

the righteous to stumble.

²⁴But you, God, will bring them down

to the pit of destruction.

These bloodthirsty liars

will not live half their days,

but I put my trust in you.

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THE REVISED NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)