Psalms 55 · Clearspring

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.

Cast Your Burden upon the LORD

2 Samuel 17:15–29

¹Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.+ ²Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught+ ³at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.+ ⁴My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.+ ⁵Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.+ ⁶I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.+ ⁷How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah+ ⁸I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”+ ⁹O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.+ ¹⁰Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.+ ¹¹Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.+ ¹²For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.+ ¹³But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.+ ¹⁴We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.+ ¹⁵Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.+ ¹⁶But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.+ ¹⁷Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.+ ¹⁸He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.+ ¹⁹God will hear and humiliate them — the One enthroned for the ages — Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.+ ²⁰My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.+ ²¹His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.+ ²²Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.+ ²³But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.+

Cast Your Burden upon the LORD

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