Psalms 55:16-23

¹⁶But I will ask Yahweh, my God, to help me, and he will save me.

¹⁷Each morning and each noontime and each evening I tell him what I am concerned about, and I moan, and he hears my voice.

¹⁸I have very many enemies, but he will rescue me and bring me back safely from the battles that I fight.

¹⁹God is the one who has ruled everything forever, and he will listen to me. He will cause my enemies to be defeated and disgraced, because they do not change their evil behavior and they do not reevere God.

²⁰My companion, whom I mentioned previously, betrayed his friends and broke the agreement that he made with them.

²¹What he said was easy to listen to, like butter is easy to swallow MET, but in his inner being he hated people; his words were soothing like olive oil, but they hurt people like sharp swords do MET.

²²Put your troubles in Yahweh's hands, and he will take care of you; he will never allow righteous people to experience disasters.

²³God, you will cause murderers MTY and liars to die before they have lived half as long as they expect to live; but as for me, I will trust in you.