Salmos, 55

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

1. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. 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 unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

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

3. 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.

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

4. My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are 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. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

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

6. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.

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

7. Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.

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

8. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [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, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen 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 about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.

11. É em Deus, cuja promessa eu proclamo,

11. Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

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

12. 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:

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

13. But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

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 took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of God in company.

15.

15. Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.

16.

16. As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

17.

17. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

18.

18. He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.

19.

19. God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

20.

20. He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

21.

21. [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.

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22. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

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23. 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.