Salmos 55

Cast Your Burden on the Lord

To the choirmaster: with #Ps. 4, titlestringed instruments. A Maskil#55:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term of David.

1 *Ps. 54:2;61:1;86:6Give ear to my prayer, O God,

and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!

2 Attend to me, and answer me;

I am restless *ver. 17;Ps. 64:1in my complaint and I *[Isa. 38:14;59:11]moan,

3 because of the noise of the enemy,

because of the oppression of the wicked.

For they *[2 Sam. 16:7,8]drop trouble upon me,

and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

4 My heart is in anguish within me;

*Ps. 116:3the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

5 Fear and trembling come upon me,

and *Job 21:6;Isa. 21:4;Ezek. 7:18horror *Ps. 78:53overwhelms me.

6 And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and be at rest;

7 *[Jer. 9:2]yes, I would wander far away;

I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah

8 I would hurry to find a shelter

from *Ps. 83:15the raging wind and tempest."

9 Destroy, O Lord, *[Gen. 11:9] divide their tongues;

for I see *Jer. 6:7violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they go around it

on its walls,

and *Ps. 5:9iniquity and trouble are within it;

11 ruin is in its midst;

*[Ps. 10:7]oppression and fraud

do not depart from its marketplace.

12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—

then I could bear it;

it is not an adversary who *Job 19:5deals insolently with me—

then I could hide from him.

13 *[2 Sam. 15:12;16:23]; See Ps. 41:9But it is you, a man, my equal,

my companion, my familiar friend.

14 We used to take sweet counsel together;

within God’s house we walked in *Ps. 42:4the throng.

15 Let death steal over them;

let them go down to Sheol *Num. 16:30,33;Prov. 1:12;[Ps. 124:3]alive;

for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

16 But I call to God,

and the Lord will save me.

17 *Ps. 141:2;Acts 3:1;10:3,30Evening and *Ps. 5:3;88:13;92:2morning and at *Acts 10:9;[Dan. 6:10] noon

I *ver. 2utter my complaint and moan,

and he hears my voice.

18 He redeems my soul in safety

from the battle that I wage,

for *[Ps. 56:2]many are arrayed against me.

19 God will give ear and humble them,

he who is *Deut. 33:27enthroned from of old, Selah

because they do not *Job 10:17;See Job 21:7-15change

and do not fear God.

20 My companion*55:20 Hebrew He*Acts 12:1stretched out his hand against his friends;

he violated his covenant.

21 His *See Ps. 28:3speech was *Prov. 5:3,4smooth as butter,

yet war was in his heart;

his words were softer than oil,

yet they were *See Ps. 57:4drawn swords.

22 *See Ps. 37:5Cast your burden on the Lord,

and he will sustain you;

*Ps. 10:6he will never permit

the righteous to be moved.

23 But you, O God, *ver. 15;Ps. 56:7;59:11will cast them down

into *Ps. 69:15;94:13the pit of destruction;

men of *Ps. 5:6blood and treachery

shall not *Prov. 10:27;See Job 15:32live out half their days.

But I will *See Ps. 11:1trust in you.