Psalms 55

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 For the leader. On stringed instruments. A maskil of David.	1 Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.
2 Listen, God, to my prayer; do not hide from my pleading;	2 Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
3 hear me and give answer. I rock with grief; I groan
4 at the uproar of the enemy, the clamor of the wicked. They heap trouble upon me, savagely accuse me.	4 the same are darts.
5 My heart pounds within me; death's terrors fall upon me.	5 be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,
6 Fear and trembling overwhelm me; shuddering sweeps over me.	6 at the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.
7 I say, "If only I had wings like a dove that I might fly away and find rest.	7 My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
8 Far away I would flee; I would stay in the desert. Selah	8 Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
9 I would soon find a shelter from the raging wind and storm."	9 And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
10 Lord, check and confuse their scheming. I see violence and strife in the city	10 Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
11 making rounds on its walls day and night. Within are mischief and evil;	11 I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
12 treachery is there as well; oppression and fraud never leave its streets.	12 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
13 If an enemy had reviled me, that I could bear; If my foe had viewed me with contempt, from that I could hide.	13 Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
14 But it was you, my other self, my comrade and friend,	14 and injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
15 You, whose company I enjoyed, at whose side I walked in procession in the house of God.	15 For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
16 Let death take them by surprise; let them go down alive to Sheol, for evil is in their homes and hearts.	16 But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
17 But I will call upon God, and the LORD will save me.	17 Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
18 At dusk, dawn, and noon I will grieve and complain, and my prayer will be heard.	18 Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.
19 God will give me freedom and peace from those who war against me, though there are many who oppose me.	19 But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
20 God, who sits enthroned forever, will hear me and humble them. For they will not mend their ways; they have no fear of God.	20 Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
21 They strike out at friends and go back on their promises.	21 He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.
22 Softer than butter is their speech, but war is in their hearts. Smoother than oil are their words, but they are unsheathed swords.	22 God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:
23 Cast your care upon the LORD, who will give you support. God will never allow the righteous to stumble.	23 he hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
24 But 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.	24 they are divided by the wrath Of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and
	25 Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.