1750 Challoner Revision of the Douay-Rheims (DR)

Psalms 55

1 David in his prayer complaineth of his fearful case. 9 He prayeth against his enemies, of whose wickedness and treachery he complaineth. 16 He comforteth himself in God's preservation of him, and confusion of his enemies.

 55:1 ¶ Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David. Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:

 55:2 Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,

 55:3 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.

 55:4 My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.

 55:5 Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.

 55:6 And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?

 55:7 Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.

 55:8 I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.

 55:9 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

 55:10 Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,

 55:11 And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

 55:12 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 my self from him.

 55:13 But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,

 55:14 Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.

 55:15 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.

 55:16 But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.

 55:17 Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.

 55:18 He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.

 55:19 God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:

 55:20 He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,

 55:21 They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.

 55:22 Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.

 55:23 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, O Lord.