| 55:1 | To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. | |
| 55:2 | Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; | |
| 55:3 | Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. | |
| 55:4 | My heart is severely pained within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. | |
| 55:5 | Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. | |
| 55:6 | And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest. | |
| 55:7 | Lo, I would wander far off, remain in the wilderness. Selah. | |
| 55:8 | I would hasten my escape from the windy storm tempest. | |
| 55:9 | Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. | |
| 55:10 | Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow in the midst of it. | |
| 55:11 | Wickedness in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. | |
| 55:12 | For not an enemy reproached me; then I could have borne neither he that hated me magnified against me; then I would have hid myself from him: | |
| 55:13 | But thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance. | |
| 55:14 | We took sweet counsel together, walked to the house of God in company. | |
| 55:15 | Let death seize upon them, let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness in their dwellings, among them. | |
| 55:16 | As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me. | |
| 55:17 | Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice. | |
| 55:18 | He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many with me. | |
| 55:19 | God will hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. | |
| 55:20 | He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. | |
| 55:21 | of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet they drawn swords. | |
| 55:22 | Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved. | |
| 55:23 | But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. | |