Sept.
10
Psalms
55-57
Psa
55:1 Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my
supplication.
Psa
55:2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and
moan,
Psa
55:3 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.
Psa
55:4 My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death
have fallen on me.
Psa
55:5 Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has
overwhelmed me.
Psa
55:6 I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly
away, and be at rest.
Psa
55:7 Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the
wilderness." Selah.
Psa
55:8 "I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and
storm."
Psa
55:9 Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have
seen violence and strife in the city.
Psa
55:10 Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse
are also within her.
Psa
55:11 Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't
depart from her streets.
Psa
55:12 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 hid myself from him.
Psa
55:13 But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar
friend.
Psa
55:14 We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God's house
with company.
Psa
55:15 Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into
Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
Psa
55:16 As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.
Psa
55:17 Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He
will hear my voice.
Psa
55:18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was
against me, although there are many who oppose me.
Psa
55:19 God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them.
Selah. They never change, who don't fear God.
Psa
55:20 He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his
covenant.
Psa
55:21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His
words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Psa
55:22 Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will
never allow the righteous to be moved.
Psa
55:23 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.
Psa
56:1 Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day
long, he attacks and oppresses me.
Psa
56:2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are
many who fight proudly against me.
Psa
56:3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
Psa
56:4 In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not
be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Psa
56:5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are
against me for evil.
Psa
56:6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to
take my life.
Psa
56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples,
God.
Psa
56:8 You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle.
Aren't they in your book?
Psa
56:9 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know
this, that God is for me.
Psa
56:10 In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his
word.
Psa
56:11 I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man
do to me?
Psa
56:12 Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
Psa
56:13 For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my
feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the
living.
Psa
57:1 Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes
refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge,
until disaster has passed.
Psa
57:2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests
for me.
Psa
57:3 He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who
is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his
truth.
Psa
57:4 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire,
even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their
tongue a sharp sword.
Psa
57:5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all
the earth!
Psa
57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down.
They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.
Psa
57:7 My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing,
yes, I will sing praises.
Psa
57:8 Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and harp! I will wake up
the dawn.
Psa
57:9 I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing
praises to you among the nations.
Psa
57:10 For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and
your truth to the skies.
Psa
57:11 Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all
the earth.