Psalms 55

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.	1 [For the choirmaster For strings Poem Of David] God, hear my prayer, do not hide away from my plea,
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;	2 give me a hearing, answer me, my troubles give me no peace. I shudder
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.	3 at the enemy's shouts, at the outcry of the wicked; they heap up charges against me, in their angerbring hostile accusations against me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.	4 My heart writhes within me, the terrors of death come upon me,
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.	5 fear and trembling overwhelm me, and shuddering grips me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.	6 And I say, 'Who will give me wings like a dove, to fly away and find rest?'
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.	7 How far I would escape, and make a nest in the desert!Pause
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.	8 I would soon find a refuge from the storm of abuse, from the
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.	9 destructive tempest, Lord, from the flood of their tongues. For I see violence and strife in the city,
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.	10 day and night they make their rounds along the city wal s, Inside live malice and mischief,
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.	11 inside lives destruction, tyranny and treachery never absent from its central square.
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:	12 Were it an enemy who insulted me, that I could bear; if an opponent pitted himself against me, I couldturn away from him.
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.	13 But you, a person of my own rank, a comrade and dear friend,
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.	14 to whom I was bound by intimate friendship in the house of God! May they recoil in disorder,
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.	15 may death descend on them, may they go down alive to Sheol, since evil shares their home withthem.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.	16 For my part, I appeal to God, and Yahweh saves me;
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.	17 evening, morning, noon, I complain and I groan. He hears my cry,
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.	18 he ransoms me and gives me peace from the feud against me, for they are taking me to law.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.	19 But God wil listen and wil humble them, he who has been enthroned from the beginning; no changeof heart for them, for they do not fear God.
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.	20 They attack those at peace with them, going back on their oaths;
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.	21 though their mouth is smoother than butter, enmity is in their hearts; their words more soothing thanoil, yet sharpened like swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.	22 Unload your burden onto Yahweh and he wil sustain you; never wil he allow the upright to stumble.
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.	23 You, God, wil thrust them down to the abyss of destruction, men bloodthirsty and deceptive, beforehalf their days are spent. For my part, I put my trust in you.