Verse 1
Psalms 55:1
Darby Translation
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{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God (Elohim); and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּ/נְגִינֹ֗ת מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְ/דָוִֽד
English Translation
For the conductor, with stringed instruments, a skillful song of David.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 55 Context
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{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O...
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Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,
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Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity u...
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My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
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And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;
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Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
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I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.
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Swallow [them] up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of...
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Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
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For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hat...
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But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend.
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We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God (Elohim) we walked amid the throng.
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Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings,...
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As for me, unto God (Elohim) will I call; and Jehovah will save me.
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Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.
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He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me.
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God (Elohim) will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) because there is no chan...
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He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
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Smooth were the milky [words] of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, y...
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Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and *he* will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be m...
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And thou, O God (Elohim), wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men...
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