Psalms 55:6-23

⁶I said, “I wish that I had wings like a dove! If I had wings, I would fly away and find a place to rest.

⁷I would fly far away and live in the desert.

⁸I would quickly find a shelter from my enemies who are like MET a strong wind and rainstorm.”

⁹Lord, confuse my enemies, and cause their plans to fail, because I see them acting violently and causing strife in the city of Jerusalem.

¹⁰During each day and night they march around on top of its walls, committing crimes and causing trouble.

¹¹They destroy things everywhere. They oppress and defraud people in the ◄marketplaces/public squares►.

¹²If it were an enemy who was making fun of me, I could endure it. If it were someone who hates me, who despises me, I could hide from him.

¹³But it is someone who is just like me, my companion, someone who was my friend who is doing this to me.

¹⁴We previously had many good talks together; we walked around together in God's temple.

¹⁵I desire/hope that my enemies will die suddenly; while they are still young, cause them to go down to the place where the dead people are. They they think evil things.

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.