Verse 21
Psalms 55:21
Young's Literal Translation
21
Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].
Original Language Text
hebrew
שָׁלַ֣ח יָ֭דָי/ו בִּ/שְׁלֹמָ֗י/ו חִלֵּ֥ל בְּרִיתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
He sent my hand in peace, he profaned His covenant.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 55 Context
1
To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God (Elohim), [t...
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2
Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,
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3
Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to...
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My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
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5
Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.
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And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,
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7
Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.
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8
I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.
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9
Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
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10
By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its mids...
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11
Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.
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12
For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself agai...
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But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.
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14
When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God (Elohim) we walk in company.
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15
Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol -- alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling...
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16
I -- to God (Elohim) I call, and Jehovah saveth me.
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17
Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,
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18
He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with...
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God (Elohim) doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes,...
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20
He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
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21
Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil,...
22
Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever...
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23
And Thou, O God (Elohim), dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reac...
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