Psalm 55 – Betrayed by a Friend

Revision 2

For the leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David.

55 Listen, God, to my prayer.

Don’t hide yourself from my pleading.

2 Hear me, and answer;

for bitter is my lament.

3 I am wild with the noise of the foe,

with the clamour of the ungodly;

for they hurl disaster upon me,

and attack me with fury.

4 My heart shudders within me,

terrors of deaths press on me,

5 fear and trembling attack me,

and horror wraps me round.

6 O for the wings of a dove:

I would fly away and rest.

7 I would wander far away,

find refuge in the wilderness. Selah

8 I would find myself a shelter

from raging wind and tempest.

9 Confuse them, Lord, upset their plans;

for I see violence and strife in the city.

10 By day and by night they make their rounds

on the city walls,

while within is crime and trouble,

11 within is ruin.

Her market-place is never free

of deceit and tyranny.