Psalms 53 ~ 58

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53:1The fool has said in his heart, / There is no God. / They are corrupt and commit abominable deeds; / There is none who does good. Compare
53:2God looked down from heaven / Upon the sons of men / To see if there was anyone who had insight, / Who seeks after God. Compare
53:3All of them have turned back; / They are together perverse. / There is none who does good; / There is not even one. Compare
53:4Have they no knowledge, the workers of iniquity, / Who eat up my people as they would eat up bread / And do not call upon God? Compare
53:5There they were in great fear, / Where there was no fear. / For God scattered the bones / Of him who encamped against you. / You put them to shame / Because God has rejected them. Compare
53:6Oh that the salvation of Israel might come forth from Zion! / When God turns the captivity of His people, / Jacob will exult, Israel will rejoice. Compare
To the choir director: on the stringed instruments. A Maschil of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, David is indeed hiding among us! Compare
54:1O God, save me by Your name, / And execute judgment for me by Your might. Compare
54:2O God, hear my prayer; / Give ear to the words of my mouth. Compare
54:3For strangers have risen up against me, / And those who terrorize seek my life; / They do not set God before them. Selah. Compare
54:4Behold, God is my Helper; / The Lord is among those who sustain my soul. Compare
54:5He will return the evil to those who lie in wait for me. / Annihilate them in Your faithfulness. Compare
54:6I will offer a freewill offering to You; / I will praise Your name, O Jehovah, for it is good. Compare
54:7For He has delivered me from all distress, / And my eye looks triumphantly upon my enemies. Compare
To the choir director: on the stringed instruments. A Maschil of David Compare
55:1Give ear, O God, to my prayer; / And do not hide Yourself from my supplication. Compare
55:2Give heed to me, and answer me. / I grow restless in my complaint and moan, Compare
55:3Because of the voice of the enemy, / Because of the oppression of the wicked man; / For they drop iniquity upon me, / And in anger they make me their enemy. Compare
55:4My heart writhes within me, / And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Compare
55:5Fear and trembling have come upon me, / And shuddering overwhelms me. Compare
55:6And I say, Oh that I had wings like a dove! / Then I would fly away and be at rest. Compare
55:7Indeed I would wander far away; / I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah. Compare
55:8I would hasten my escape / From the storm wind and the tempest. Compare
55:9Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongue; / For I have seen violence and contention in the city. Compare
55:10Day and night they go around it, / Upon its walls; / And iniquity and trouble are in the midst of it. Compare
55:11Utter ruin is in the midst of it, / And oppression and deceit / Do not depart from its streets. Compare
55:12For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; / Otherwise I could bear it. / It is not he who hates me who magnifies himself against me; / Otherwise I could hide myself from him. Compare
55:13But it is you, my equal, / My close friend and my acquaintance. Compare
55:14We were in sweet counsel together; / We walked with the throng in the house of God. Compare
55:15Let death surprise them; / May they go down into Sheol alive. / For evil is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. Compare
55:16As for me, I call out to God, / And Jehovah will save me. Compare
55:17Evening and morning and at noontime / I complain and moan, / And He hears my voice. Compare
55:18He has redeemed my soul in peace / From the battle against me, / For many are they who strive with me. Compare
55:19God hears and answers them - / Even He who sits enthroned from of old- Selah. / Because with them there is no change, / And they do not fear God. Compare
55:20He put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; / He profaned his covenant. Compare
55:21Smooth were the buttery words of his mouth, / But his heart was war; / More soothing than oil were his words, / But they were in fact drawn swords. Compare
55:22Cast your burden upon Jehovah, / And He will sustain you; / He will never allow the righteous to be moved. Compare
55:23But You, O God, will bring them down / Into the pit of decay. Men of bloodshed and deceit / Will not live out half their days; / But I will trust in You. Compare
To the choir director: according to the dove on the distant terebinths. Of David. A Michtam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath Compare
56:1Be gracious to me, O God; for man tramples me; / All day long he, fighting, oppresses me. Compare
56:2Those who lie in wait for me trample me all day long, / For many are those who arrogantly fight against me. Compare
56:3When I am afraid, / I trust in You. Compare
56:4In God, whose word I praise, / In God do I trust, and I will not be afraid. / What can flesh do to me? Compare
56:5All day long they wrest my words; / All their thoughts are against me for evil. Compare
56:6They gather themselves; they lurk; / They watch my steps, / As they have waited to take my life. Compare
56:7Will there be deliverance for them in spite of their iniquity? / In anger cast down the peoples, O God. Compare
56:8You have counted my wanderings. / Put my tears into Your bottle. / Are they not in Your book? Compare
56:9Then my enemies will turn back / When I call; / This I know, / That God is for me. Compare
56:10In God, whose word I praise, / In Jehovah, whose word I praise, Compare
56:11In God do I trust; I will not be afraid. / What can man do to me? Compare
56:12Your vows, O God, are on me; / I will render thank offerings to You. Compare
56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, / Indeed, my feet from stumbling, / That I may walk before God / In the light of the living. Compare
To the choir director: Do not destroy. Of David. A Michtam, when he fled from Saul, in the cave Compare
57:1Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me; / For my soul takes refuge in You; / Indeed in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge, / Until the destruction passes by. Compare
57:2I call out to God the Most High, / To the God who accomplishes all things for me. Compare
57:3He sends forth from heaven and saves me; / He reproaches him who would trample me; Selah. / God sends forth / His lovingkindness and His faithfulness. Compare
57:4My soul is among lions; / I lie down among those who blaze forth, the sons of men, / Whose teeth are spears and arrows, / And whose tongue is a sharp sword. Compare
57:5Be exalted above the heavens, O God; / Let Your glory be above all the earth. Compare
57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; / My soul is bowed down. / They have dug a pit before me; / They have fallen into it themselves. Selah. Compare
57:7My heart is steadfast, O God; / My heart is steadfast. / I will sing, indeed I will sing psalms. Compare
57:8Awake, my glory; / Awake, O harp and lyre! / I will awaken the dawn. Compare
57:9I will give thanks to You among the peoples, O Lord; / I will sing psalms to You among the nations. Compare
57:10For Your lovingkindness is as great as the heavens; / And Your faithfulness reaches unto the skies. Compare
57:11Be exalted above the heavens, O God; / Let Your glory be above all the earth. Compare
To the choir director: Do not destroy. Of David. A Michtam Compare
58:1Do you indeed, O judges, speak righteousness? / Do you judge in uprightness, O sons of men? Compare
58:2No, in heart you perform injustice; / You weigh out the violence of your hands on earth. Compare
58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; / They err from their birth, speaking lies. Compare
58:4Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; / They are like the deaf cobra that has shut its ear, Compare
58:5Which does not hear the sound of the charmers / Or the wise spellbinder. Compare
58:6O God, break their teeth in their mouth; / Break off the fangs of the young lions, O Jehovah. Compare
58:7Let them melt like water that runs off. / When he shoots his arrows, / Let them be as though they were cut off. Compare
58:8Let them be like a snail that melts and goes away, / Like a woman's miscarriage, which by no means sees the sun. Compare
58:9Before your pots can feel the fire of the thorns, / Whether green or burning, He will sweep them away. Compare
58:10The righteous man will rejoice when he sees vengeance; / He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. Compare
58:11And men will say, Indeed there is fruit for the righteous man; / Indeed there is a God who judges on earth. Compare

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