Verse 1
Psalms 55:1
American Standard Version
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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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Give ear to my prayer, O God (Elohim); And hide not thyself from my supplication.
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Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
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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 sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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Fearfulness 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! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
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I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.
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Destroy, O Lord, [and] 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: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst o...
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Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
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For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated...
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But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.
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We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God (Elohim) with the throng.
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Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwe...
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As for me, I will call upon God (Elohim); And Jehovah will save me.
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Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
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He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [tha...
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God (Elohim) will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah [The men] who have n...
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He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his coven...
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His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they...
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Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be mov...
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But thou, O God (Elohim), wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and d...
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