Chapter 54

¹ For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David.

Ps 54:1

² Hearken, O God, to my prayer;

Ps 54:2

³ Attend to me, and hearken to me:

Ps 54:3

⁴ Because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner:

Ps 54:4

⁵ My heart was troubled within me;

Ps 54:5

⁶ Fear and trembling came upon me,

Ps 54:6

⁷ And I said, O that I had wings as [those] of a dove!

Ps 54:7

⁸ Lo! I have fled afar off,

Ps 54:8

⁹ I waited for him that should deliver me

Ps 54:9

¹⁰ Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues:

Ps 54:10

¹¹ Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls:

Ps 54:11

¹² And usury and craft have not failed from its streets.

Ps 54:12

¹³ For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it;

Ps 54:13

¹⁴ But thou, O man like-minded,

Ps 54:14

¹⁵ Who in companionship with me sweetened [our] food:

Ps 54:15

¹⁶ Let death come upon them,

Ps 54:16

¹⁷ I cried to God,

Ps 54:17

¹⁸ Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known [my wants]:

Ps 54:18

¹⁹ He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me:

Ps 54:19

²⁰ God shall hear, and bring them low,

Ps 54:20

²¹ He has reached forth his hand for retribution;

Ps 54:21

²² They were scattered at the anger of his countenance,

Ps 54:22

²³ Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee;

Ps 54:23

²⁴ But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction;

Ps 54:24