1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. | TOSK |
2 Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught | TOSK |
3 at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger. | TOSK |
4 My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me. | TOSK |
5 Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me. | TOSK |
6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. | TOSK |
7 How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah | TOSK |
8 I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.” | TOSK |
9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city. | TOSK |
10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within. | TOSK |
11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets. | TOSK |
12 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide. | TOSK |
13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend. | TOSK |
14 We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. | TOSK |
15 Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes. | C | TOSK |
16 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. | C | TOSK |
17 Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice. | C | TOSK |
18 He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. | C | TOSK |
19 God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God. | C | TOSK |
20 My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. | C | TOSK |
21 His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed. | C | TOSK |
22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. | C | TOSK |
23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You. | C | TOSK |