Salmos 55

For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David.

1 Listen to my prayer, God.

Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.

2 Attend to me, and answer me.

I am restless in my complaint,

and moan 3 because of the voice of the enemy,

because of the oppression of the wicked.

For they bring suffering on me.

In anger they hold a grudge against me.

4 My heart is severely pained within me.

The terrors of death have fallen on me.

5 Fearfulness and trembling have come on me.

Horror has overwhelmed me.

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

Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

7 Behold, then I would wander far off.

I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.

8 "I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm."

9 Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language,

for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they prowl around on its walls.

Malice and abuse are also within her.

11 Destructive forces are within her.

Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.

12 For it was not an enemy who insulted me,

then I could have endured it.

Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me,

then I would have hidden myself from him.

13 But it was you, a man like me,

my companion, and my familiar friend.

14 We took sweet fellowship together.

We walked in God’s house with company.

15 Let death come suddenly on them.

Let them go down alive into Sheol.*55:15 Sheol is the place of the dead.

For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.

16 As for me, I will call on God.

Yahweh will save me.

17 Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress.

He will hear my voice.

18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,

although there are many who oppose me.

19 God, who is enthroned forever,

will hear and answer them. Selah.

They never change

and don’t fear God.

20 He raises his hands against his friends.

He has violated his covenant.

21 His mouth was smooth as butter,

but his heart was war.

His words were softer than oil,

yet they were drawn swords.

22 Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you.

He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

23 But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction.

Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days,

but I will trust in you.

Te Īnoi o te Tangata i Whakamohoa e tōna Hoa

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi Nekinoto. He Makiri nā Rāwiri.

1 E te Atua, tahuri mai tōu taringa ki tāku īnoi;

kei whakangaro atu koe, ina tangi ahau.

2 Anga mai ki ahau, whakahokia mai he kupu ki ahau;

pōkaikaha noa iho ahau i ahau e tangi nei,

e hāmama nei; 3 i te reo hoki o te hoariri,

i te tūkino a te tangata kino.

Nō te mea e utaina ana e rātou he hara ki runga ki ahau,

ā, e kino ana ki ahau, e riri ana.

4 Mamae pū tōku ngākau i roto i ahau;

kua taka ki runga ki ahau ngā wehi whakamate.

5 Kua pā ki ahau te wehi me te wiri;

ā, pōkia iho ahau e te whakamataku.

6 Nā, ko tāku meatanga, "Auē, te whai pākau ahau me he kūkupa;

pēnei ka rere atu ahau, ā, ka whai okiokinga.

7 Kātahi ahau ka rere ki tawhiti;

ā, noho rawa atu i te koraha. Hera

8 Ka hohoro tōku rere atu

i te hau, i te āwhā."

9 Whakangaromia, e te Ariki, wehea ō rātou arero;

kua kitea hoki e ahau te tūkino me te tutū o roto o te pā.

10 Hāereere ana rātou i te ao, i te pō,

i runga i ōna taiepa, ā tawhio noa;

he kino kei roto, he hīanga.

11 He hara kei waenganui ōna;

kāhore ōna ara e mahue

i te tinihanga, i te hīanga.

12 Ehara hoki i te hoariri nāna ahau i tāwai;

pēnei e taea e ahau te whakaririka;

ehara hoki i te hoa whawhai nōku i whakakake ki ahau;

pēnei kua piri ahau, kei kitea e ia.

13 Nāu ia, nā te tangata i rite ki ahau,

nā tōku takahoa, nā tāku i mōhio ai.

14 Āhuareka tonu tā tāua kōrerorero;

haere tahi ana hoki tāua i roto i te rōpū ki te whare o te Atua.

15 Kia mau ohorere rātou i te mate,

kia heke ora ki te rēinga;

he hara hoki kei ō rātou nohoanga, kei waenganui i a rātou.

16 Ko ahau, ka karanga ahau ki te Atua;

ā, mā Ihowā ahau e whakaora.

17 I te ahiahi, i te ata, i te poutūmārōtanga,

ka īnoi ahau, ka tangi;

ā, ka whakarongo ia ki tōku reo.

18 Whakaorangia ana e ia tōku wairua

i runga i te rangimārie i ahau e whakaekea ana;

he tokomaha hoki ōku hoa whawhai.

19 Ka whakarongo te Atua, nō tua iho nei tōna nohoanga,

ā, ka whakahoki i tā rātou. Hera

Ko te hunga kāhore ō rātou whakawhitiwhitinga,

ā, kāhore ō rātou wehi ki te Atua.

20 Kua totoro ōna ringa ki te hunga kua mau nei tā rātou rongo ki a ia;

kua whakatakā e ia tāna kawenata.

21 Māeneene atu tōna māngai i te pata,

he whawhai ia kei roto i tōna ngākau;

ngāwari atu āna kupu i te hinu,

kāhore, he hoari kua oti te unu.

22 Makā ki runga ki a Ihowā tāu pīkaunga,

ā, māna koe e whakaū ake;

e kore e tukua e ia

te hunga tika kia whakangāueuetia ake ake.

23 Māu ia rātou e mea, e te Atua,

kia heke ki te poka o te pirau;

e kore ngā tāngata toto,

ngā tāngata hīanga e tutuki ki te hāwhe o ō rātou rā.

Ko ahau ia, ka whakawhirinaki ki a koe.