Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
To
the
Overseer
with
stringed
instruments.
--
An
instruction,
by
David.
Give ear ,
O
God,
`
to '
my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.
Give ear to my prayer, O
God;
and hide not thyself
from my supplication.
Attend to
me, and answer
me ,
I mourn in my meditation
, and make a noise ,
Attend unto
me, and hear
me :
I mourn in my complaint
, and make a noise ;
Because of the voice of an
enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked ,
For they cause
sorrow
to
move
against
me, And in anger
they hate me.
Because of the voice of the
enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked :
for they cast
iniquity
upon
me, and in wrath
they hate me.
My heart is pained within me ,
And terrors of death have
fallen on
me.
My heart is sore
pained within me :
and the
terrors of death are
fallen upon
me.
Fear
and trembling come in
to
me, And horror doth
cover
me.
Fearfulness
and trembling are
come upon
me, and horror hath
overwhelmed
me.
And I say
, `Who
doth
give
to
me
a
pinion
as
a dove ?
I fly away and rest ,
And I said
, Oh
that
I
had
wings
like
a dove !
for
then
would
I fly away ,
and be
at
rest .
Lo, I move
far off, I
lodge
in a
wilderness. Selah.
Lo, then
would
I wander
far off, and
remain
in the
wilderness. Selah.
I hasten escape for
myself,
From a
rushing
wind,
from
a
whirlwind
.
I would
hasten my
escape from the
windy
storm
and
tempest
.
Swallow
up
, O Lord, divide their tongue,
For I saw
violence and strife in a
city.
Destroy
, O Lord, and
divide their tongues:
for I have
seen
violence and strife in the
city.
By
day and by
night they go round
it ,
on
its
walls .
Both
iniquity
and perverseness
`
are '
in its
midst ,
Day and night they go about
it upon
the
walls thereof:
mischief
also
and sorrow
are in the
midst of
it.
Mischiefs
`are'
in its
midst .
Fraud
and
deceit depart not from its
street
.
Wickedness
is
in the
midst thereof:
deceit and
guile
depart not from her
streets
.
For an enemy reproacheth
me not,
or
I bear
`
it ',
He who
is
hating
me Hath
not
magnified
himself against me ,
Or
I hide
from him .
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 :
But thou, a man --
as
mine equal, My familiar
friend
, and mine acquaintance.
But it
was
thou, a man mine equal, my guide
, and mine acquaintance.
When
together
we sweeten
counsel, Into
the house of God we
walk
in company.
We took
sweet
counsel together
, and
walked
unto
the house of God in company.
Desolations
`are'
upon them, They
go down `to'
Sheol
--
alive,
For wickedness `
is '
in their dwelling
, in
their
midst
.
Let
death
seize
upon them, and
let
them
go down quick
into
hell:
for wickedness is in their dwellings
, and
among
them
.
I
--
to
God
I call ,
and Jehovah
saveth
me.
As
for
me,
I will
call upon
God;
and the
LORD
shall
save
me.
Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate
, and make
a
noise,
and He heareth
my voice ,
Evening, and morning, and at
noon, will
I pray
, and cry
aloud:
and he shall
hear
my voice .
He hath ransomed
in
peace
my soul From him
who
is
near
to
me ,
For with
the
multitude
they
were with me.
He hath delivered
my soul in
peace
from the
battle
that
was
against
me :
for there
were many
with me.
God doth
hear and afflict them, And
He sitteth
of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and
fear not God ,
God shall
hear ,
and afflict them, even
he that
abideth
of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore
they
fear not God .
He hath sent
forth his hands against his
well-wishers,
He hath polluted
his covenant.
He hath put
forth his hands against such
as
be
at
peace
with
him:
he hath broken
his covenant.
Sweeter
than
honey
hath
been
his mouth, And
his heart `is'
war!
Softer
have
been
his words than oil, And
they `are'
drawn `
swords '
.
The
words
of
his mouth were
smoother
than
butter
, but
war
was
in
his heart :
his words were
softer
than oil, yet
were
they drawn swords.
Cast on
Jehovah
that
which
He
hath
given
thee
, And He doth
sustain thee ,
He doth
not
suffer for
ever
the moving
of
the
righteous.
Cast thy
burden
upon
the
LORD
, and he shall
sustain thee :
he shall
never
suffer the righteous to
be
moved
.
And
Thou, O God, dost
bring them down To
a
pit of destruction ,
Men
of
blood
and deceit
reach
not to
half their days ,
And
I
--
I do
trust in Thee !
But
thou, O God, shalt
bring them down into
the
pit of destruction :
bloody
and deceitful
men
shall
not live
out
half their days ;
but
I will
trust in thee .
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