Psalms 54

¹Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David.

²Listen to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication.

³Be attentive to me, and heed me. I have been grieved in my training, and I have been disturbed

⁴at the voice of the adversary and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have diverted iniquities toward me, and they have been harassing me with rage.

⁵My heart has become disturbed within me, and the dread of death has fallen over me.

⁶Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and darkness has buried me.

⁷And I said, “Who will give me wings like the dove, so that I may fly away and take rest?”

⁸Behold, I have fled far away, and I linger in solitude.

⁹I waited for him who saved me from a weak-minded spirit and from a tempest.

¹⁰Cast them down, O Lord, and divide their tongues. For I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

¹¹Day and night, iniquity will surround it upon its walls, and hardship is in its midst,

¹²with injustice. And usury and deceit have not fallen away from its streets.

¹³For if my enemy had spoken evil about me, certainly, I would have sustained it. And if he who hated me had been speaking great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.

¹⁴Truly, you are a man of one mind: my leader and my acquaintance,

¹⁵who took sweet food together with me. In the house of God, we walked side-by-side.

¹⁶Let death come upon them, and let them descend alive into Hellfire. For there is wickedness in their dwellings, in their midst.

¹⁷But I have cried out to God, and the Lord will save me.

¹⁸Evening and morning and midday, I will discourse and announce, and he will heed my voice.

¹⁹He will redeem my soul in peace from those who draw near to me. For, among the many, they were with me.

²⁰God will hear, and He who is before time will humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God.

²¹He has stretched forth his hand in retribution. They have contaminated his covenant.

²²They were divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart has drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and they are arrows.

²³Cast your cares upon the Lord, and he will nurture you. He will not allow the just to be tossed about forever.

²⁴Truly, O God, you will lead them away into the well of death. Bloody and deceitful men will not divide their days in half. But I will hope in you, O Lord.

Psalms 54

¹Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.

²Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:

³Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,

⁴At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.

⁵My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.

⁶Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.

⁷And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?

⁸Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.

⁹I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.

¹⁰Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

¹¹Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,

¹²And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.

¹³For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden my self from him.

¹⁴But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,

¹⁵Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.

¹⁶Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.

¹⁷But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.

¹⁸Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.

¹⁹He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.

²⁰God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:

²¹He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,

²²They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.

²³Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.

²⁴But thou, O God, shalt 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, O Lord.