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  55:1 ¶
[[For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David.]] Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication. |
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55:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician°°
on Neginoth,°
Maschil,°°
[A Psalm] of David.]]°
Give ear°°
to my prayer,°
O Elohim;°
and hide°°
not thyself°°
from my supplication.°° |
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55:2
Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled; |
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55:2
Attend°°
unto me, and hear°°
me: I mourn°°
in my complaint,°
and make a noise;°° |
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55:3
because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me. |
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55:3
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. |
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55:4
My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me. |
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55:4
My heart°
is sore pained°°
within°
me: and the terrors°
of death°
are fallen°°
upon°
me. |
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55:5
Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me. |
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55:5
Fearfulness°
and trembling°
are come°°
upon me, and horror°
hath overwhelmed°°
me. |
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55:6
And I said, O that I had wings as [those] of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest. |
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55:6
And I said,°°
Oh that°°°
I had°
wings°
like a dove!°
[for then] would I fly away,°°
and be at rest.°° |
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55:7
Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause. |
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55:7
Lo,°
[then] would I wander°°
far off,°°
[and] remain°°
in the wilderness.°
Selah.° |
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55:8
I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest. |
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55:8
I would hasten°°
my escape°
from the windy°°
storm°°
[and] tempest.°° |
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55:9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gain saying in the city. |
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55:9
Destroy,°°
O Yahweh,°
[and] divide°°
their tongues:°
for°
I have seen°°
violence°
and strife°
in the city.° |
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55:10
Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness [are] in the midst of it; |
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55:10
Day°
and night°
they go about°°
it upon°
the walls°
thereof: mischief°
also and sorrow°
[are] in the midst°
of it. |
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55:11
and usury and craft have not failed from its streets. |
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55:11
Wickedness°
[is] in the midst°
thereof: deceit°
and guile°
depart°°
not°
from°
her streets.° |
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55:12
For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated [me] had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him. |
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55:12
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: |
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55:13
But thou, O man like minded, my guide, and my acquaintance, |
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55:13
But [it was] thou,°
a man°
mine equal,°
my guide,°
and mine acquaintance.°° |
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55:14
who in companionship with me sweetened [our] food: we walked in the house of God in concord. |
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55:14
We took sweet°°
counsel°
together,°
[and] walked°°
unto the house°
of Elohim°
in company.° |
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55:15
Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into the grave{gr.Hades}, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them. |
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55:15
Let death°
seize°°°°
upon°
them, [and] let them go down°°
quick°
into hell:°
for°
wickedness°
[is] in their dwellings,°
[and] among°
them. |
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55:16
I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me. |
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55:16
As for me, I°
will call°°
upon°
Elohim;°
and Yahweh°
shall save°°
me. |
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55:17
Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known [my wants]: and he shall hear my voice. |
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55:17
Evening,°
and morning,°
and at noon,°
will I pray,°°
and cry aloud:°°
and he shall hear°°
my voice.° |
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55:18
He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me: for they were with me in many [cases]. |
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55:18
He hath delivered°°
my soul°
in peace°
from the battle°°
[that was] against me: for°
there were°
many°
with°
me. |
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55:19
God shall hear, and bring them low, [even] he that has existed from eternity. Pause. For they suffer no reverse, and [therefore] they have not feared God. |
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55:19
El°
shall hear,°°
and afflict°°°
them, even he that abideth°°
of old.°
Selah.°
Because°
they have no°
changes,°
therefore they fear°°
not°
Elohim.° |
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55:20
He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant. |
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55:20
He hath put forth°°
his hands°
against such as be at peace°
with him: he hath broken°°
his covenant.° |
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55:21
They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts. |
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55:21
[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.° |
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55:22
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. |
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55:22
Cast°°
thy burden°
upon°
Yahweh,°
and he°
shall sustain°°
thee: he shall never°°
suffer°°
the righteous°
to be moved.°° |
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55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord. |
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55:23
But thou,°
O Elohim,°
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. |
