微读圣经

Psalm 55

Betrayal by a Friend

For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.

1God, listen to my prayer

and do not hide from my plea for help.55:1 Lm 3:56

2Pay attention to me and answer me.55:1–2 Ps 4:1; 5:1–2; 54:2

I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint,55:2 Ps 64:1; 142:2

3because of the enemy’s words,55:3 Lit voice

because of the pressure55:3 Or threat, or oppression of the wicked.

For they bring down disaster on me

and harass me in anger.55:3 2Sm 16:7–8; Ps 71:11

4My heart shudders within me;55:4 Ps 38:8

terrors of death sweep over me.

5Fear and trembling grip me;

horror has overwhelmed me.55:4–5 Ps 18:4–5; 116:3

6I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and find rest.55:6 Jb 3:13

7How far away I would flee;

I would stay in the wilderness.55:7 Jr 9:2Selah

8I would hurry to my shelter

from the raging wind and the storm.”55:8 Is 4:6; 25:4

9Lord, confuse55:9 Or destroy and confound their speech,55:9 Lit and divide their tongue55:9 Gn 10:25; 11:7

for I see violence and strife in the city;

10day and night they make the rounds on its walls.

Crime and trouble are within it;55:9–10 Jr 6:7; Hab 1:3

11destruction is inside it;

oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.55:11 Ps 5:9; 10:7

12Now it is not an enemy who insults me —

otherwise I could bear it;

it is not a foe who rises up against me —

otherwise I could hide from him.

13But it is you, a man who is my peer,

my companion and good friend!55:12–13 Jb 19:13,19; Ps 41:9; 88:18

14We used to have close fellowship;

we walked with the crowd into the house of God.55:14 Ps 42:4

15Let death take them by surprise;55:15 Pr 6:15; Is 47:11; 1Th 5:3

let them go down to Sheol alive,

because evil is in their homes and within them.55:15 Nm 16:30,33

16But I call to God,

and the Lord will save me.55:16 Ps 119:46

17I complain and groan morning, noon, and night,55:17 Ps 92:2

and he hears my voice.55:17 Ps 64:1; 142:2

18Though many are against me,

he will redeem me from my battle unharmed.55:18 Ps 56:2; 103:4

19God, the one enthroned from long ago,55:19 Ps 93:2

will hear and will humiliate themSelah

because they do not change

and do not fear God.55:19 Dt 33:27

20My friend55:20 Ps 55:13 acts violently

against those at peace with him;55:20 Ps 7:4

he violates his covenant.55:20 Ps 89:34

21His buttery words are smooth,

but war is in his heart.

His words are softer than oil,

but they are drawn swords.55:21 Ps 12:2; 28:3

22Cast your burden on the Lord,

and he will sustain you;55:22 1Pt 5:7

he will never allow the righteous to be shaken.55:22 Ps 37:24; 112:6

23God, you will bring them down

to the Pit of destruction;55:23 Is 38:17; Ezk 28:8

men of bloodshed and treachery

will not live out half their days.55:23 Ps 5:6

But I will trust in you.55:23 Ps 56:3

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