For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil + 55:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. of David.
551Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication.+2Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,+3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.+4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.+5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.+6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.+7Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness.[Selah+8I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.+9Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.+10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.+11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.+12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:+13But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.+14We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.+15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.+16As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.+17Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.+18He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me.+19God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old,[Selah [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God.+20He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.+21His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.+22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.+23But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.+
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