Salmos, 55

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0. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.

1. Ao mestre de canto. Conforme: “Muda pomba de longínquas terras”. Cântico de Davi, quando vai para junto dos filisteus, em Get.*

1. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication!

2. Tende piedade de mim, ó Deus, porque aos pés me pisam os homens; sem cessar eles me oprimem combatendo.

2. Attend to me, and answer me; I am overcome by my trouble. I am distraught

3. Meus inimigos continuamente me espezinham, são numerosos os que me fazem guerra.

3. by the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring trouble upon me, and in anger they cherish enmity against me.

4. Ó Altíssimo, quando o terror me assalta, é em vós que eu ponho a minha confiança.

4. My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

5. É em Deus, cuja promessa eu proclamo, sim, é em Deus que eu ponho minha esperança; nada temo: que mal me pode fazer um ser de carne?

5. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

6. O dia inteiro eles me difamam, seus pensamentos todos são para o meu mal;

6. And I say, "O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;

7. Reúnem-se, armam ciladas, observam meus passos, e odeiam a minha vida.

7. yea, I would wander afar, I would lodge in the wilderness, [Selah]

8. Tratai-os segundo a sua iniquidade. Ó meu Deus, em vossa cólera, prostrai esses povos.

8. I would haste to find me a shelter from the raging wind and tempest."

9. Vós conheceis os caminhos do meu exílio, vós recolhestes minhas lágrimas em vosso cantil; não está tudo escrito em vosso livro?*

9. Destroy their plans, O Lord, confuse their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.

10. Sempre que vos invocar, meus inimigos recuarão: bem sei que Deus está por mim.

10. Day and night they go around it on its walls; and mischief and trouble are within it,

11. É em Deus, cuja promessa eu proclamo,

11. ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its market place.

12. é em Deus que eu ponho minha esperança; nada temo: que mal me pode fazer um ser de carne?

12. It is not an enemy who taunts me -- then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me -- then I could hide from him.

13. Os votos que fiz, ó Deus, devo cumpri-los; eu vos oferecerei um sacrifício de louvor,

13. But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.

14. porque da morte livrastes a minha vida, e da queda preservastes os meus pés, para que eu ande na presença de Deus, na luz dos vivos.

14. We used to hold sweet converse together; within God's house we walked in fellowship.

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15. Let death come upon them; let them go down to Sheol alive; let them go away in terror into their graves.

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16. But I call upon God; and the LORD will save me.

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17. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice.

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18. He will deliver my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.

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19. God will give ear, and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old; because they keep no law, and do not fear God. [Selah]

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20. My companion stretched out his hand against his friends, he violated his covenant.

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21. His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

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22. Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

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23. But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.