Psalm 55

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ My heart shudders within me;^(E)
terrors of death sweep over me.
⁵ Fear and trembling grip me;
horror has overwhelmed me.^(F)
6 I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and find rest.^(G)
7 How far away I would flee;
I would stay in the wilderness.^(H)Selah
⁸ I would hurry to my shelter
from the raging wind and the storm.”^(I)

⁹ Lord, confuse^[c] and confound their speech,^[d](J)
for I see violence and strife in the city;
¹⁰ day and night they make the rounds on its walls.
Crime and trouble are within it;^(K)
11 destruction is inside it;
oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.^(L)

¹² Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.
¹³ But it is you, a man who is my peer,
my companion and good friend!^(M)
14 We used to have close fellowship;
we walked with the crowd into the house of God.^(N)

¹⁵ Let death take them by surprise;^(O)
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.^(P)
16 But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.^(Q)
17 I complain and groan morning, noon, and night,^(R)
and he hears my voice.^(S)
18 Though many are against me,
he will redeem me from my battle unharmed.^(T)
19 God, the one enthroned from long ago,^(U)
will hear and will humiliate themSelah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.^(V)

²⁰ My friend^(W) acts violently
against those at peace with him;^(X)
he violates his covenant.^(Y)
21 His buttery words are smooth,
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.^(Z)

²² Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;^(AA)
he will never allow the righteous to be shaken.^(AB)

²³ God, you will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;^(AC)
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.^(AD)
But I will trust in you.^(AE)