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ASV 1901 Bible IntraText CT - Text |
For the Chief Musician; on
stringed instruments. Maschil of
David.
1
Give ear to my prayer, O God;
And hide not thyself from my supplication.
2
Attend unto me, and answer
me:
I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
3
Because 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.
4
My heart is sore pained
within me:
And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5
Fearfulness and trembling are
come upon me,
And horror hath overwhelmed me.
6
And I said, Oh that I had
wings like a dove!
Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7
Lo, then would I wander far
off,
I would lodge in the wilderness.
Selah
8 I
would haste me to a shelter
From the stormy wind and tempest.
9
Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide
their tongue;
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10
Day and night they go about
it upon the walls thereof:
Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
11
Wickedness is in the midst
thereof:
Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
12
For 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:
13
But it was thou, a man mine
equal,
My companion, and my familiar friend.
14
We took sweet counsel
together;
We walked in the house of God with the throng.
15
Let death come suddenly upon
them,
Let them go down alive into Sheol;
For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
16
As for me, I will call upon
God;
And Jehovah will save me.
17
Evening, and morning, and at
noonday, will I complain,
and moan;
And he will hear my voice.
18
He hath redeemed my soul in
peace from the battle that
was against me;
For they were many [that strove] with me.
19
God will hear, and answer
them,
Even he that abideth of old,
Selah
[The men] who
have no changes,
And who fear not God.
2
0 He hath put forth his hands
against such as were at
peace with him:
He hath profaned his covenant.
21
His mouth was smooth as
butter,
But his heart was war:
His words were softer than oil,
Yet were they drawn swords.
22
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah,
and he will sustain thee:
He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23
But 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.