Psalm 54

1 SAVE ME, O God, by Your name; judge and vindicate me by Your mighty strength and power.2 Hear my pleading and my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.3 For strangers and insolent men are rising up against me, and violent men and ruthless ones seek and demand my life; they do not set God before them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!4 Behold, God is my helper and ally; the Lord is my upholder and is with them who uphold my life.5 He will pay back evil to my enemies; in Your faithfulness [Lord] put an end to them.6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks and praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.7 For He has delivered me out of every trouble, and my eye has looked [in triumph] on my enemies.

Psalm 55

1 LISTEN TO my prayer, O God, and hide not Yourself from my supplication!2 Attend to me and answer me; I am restless and distraught in my complaint and must moan3 [And I am distracted] at the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression and threats of the wicked; for they would cast trouble upon me, and in wrath they persecute me.4 My heart is grievously pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.5 Fear and trembling have come upon me; horror and fright have overwhelmed me.6 And I say, Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.7 Yes, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!8 I would hasten to escape and to find a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.9 Destroy [their schemes], O Lord, confuse their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.10 Day and night they go about on its walls; iniquity and mischief are in its midst.11 Violence and ruin are within it; fraud and guile do not depart from its streets and marketplaces.12 For it is not an enemy who reproaches and taunts me--then I might bear it; nor is it one who has hated me who insolently vaunts himself against me--then I might hide from him.13 But it was you, a man my equal, my companion and my familiar friend.14 We had sweet fellowship together and used to walk to the house of God in company.15 Let desolations and death come suddenly upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol (the place of the dead), for evils are in their habitations, in their hearts, and their inmost part.16 As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord will save me.17 Evening and morning and at noon will I utter my complaint and moan and sigh, and He will hear my voice.18 He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me [so that none came near me], for they were many who strove with me.19 God will hear and humble them, even He Who abides of old--Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!--because in them there has been no change [of heart], and they do not fear, revere, and worship God.20 [My companion] has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken and profaned his agreement [of friendship and loyalty].21 The words of his mouth were smoother than cream or butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.22 Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). 23 But You, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in, lean on, and confidently rely on You.

Psalm 56

1 BE MERCIFUL and gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me or devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me.2 They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up or trample me all day long, for they are many who fight against me, O Most High!3 What time I am afraid, I will have confidence in and put my trust and reliance in You.4 By [the help of] God I will praise His word; on God I lean, rely, and confidently put my trust; I will not fear. What can man, who is flesh, do to me?5 All day long they twist my words and trouble my affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil and my hurt.6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they watch my steps, even as they have [expectantly] waited for my life.7 They think to escape with iniquity, and shall they? In Your indignation bring down the peoples, O God.8 You number and record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle--are they not in Your book?9 Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out; this I know, for God is for me. 10 In God, Whose word I praise, in the Lord, Whose word I praise,11 In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render praise to You and give You thank offerings.13 For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life and of the living.

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