1 Unto the end in songs, understanding to David.
1 Unto the end. In verses. Understanding for David.
2 Hear my prayer, o God, despise not my petition.
2 Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
3 Attend to me and hear me.
3 Be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my exercise; and am troubled,
4 I am made sorrowful in my exercise: and am troubled at the voice of the enemy: and at the tribulation of the sinner. Because they have wrested iniquities upon me: & in anger they were troublesome to me.
4 At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.
5 My heart is troubled in me: & the fear of death is fallen upon me.
5 My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me.
6 Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
6 Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath covered me.
7 And I said: Who will give me wings as of a dove, and I will fly: and rest?
7 And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will fly and be at rest?
8 Lo I have gone far flying away: and I abode in the wilderness.
8 Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.
9 I expected him, that saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and tempest.
9 I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.
10 Precipitate, o Lord, and divide their tongues: because I have seen iniquity, and contradiction in the city.
10 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
11 Day and night shall iniquity compass it upon the walls thereof, and labour in the midst thereof, and injustice.
11 Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labor,
12 And there hath not ceased out of the streets thereof usury and guile.
12 And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
13 For if mine enemy had spoken evil to me, I would verily have born it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things upon me: I would perhaps have hid myself from him.
13 For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden my self from him.
14 But thou a man of the same mind: my guide, and my familiar.
14 But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
15 Which didest take sweet meats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
15 Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
16 Let death come upon them: and let them go down quick into hell. Because there is wickedness in their habitations, in the midst of them.
16 Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.
17 But I have cried to God, and our Lord will save me.
17 But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
18 In the evening, and morning, & at midday, I will speak, and declare, and he will hear my voice.
18 Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
19 He will redeem my soul in peace from them, that approach to me: because among many they were with me.
19 He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.
20 God will hear, and he which is before the worlds will humble them.
20 God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:
21 For there is no change with them, & they feared not God: he hath stretched forth his hand in repaying.
21 He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
22 They have contaminated his testament, they are divided by the wrath of his countenance; and his heart hath approached. His words are made softer than oil: and the same are darts.
22 They are divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.
23 Cast thy care upon our Lord: and he will nourish thee: he will not give fluctuation to the just for ever.
23 ¹Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver forever.
24 But thou, o God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days, but I will hope in thee, o Lord.
24 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, O Lord.