Psalm 55

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	Translation	Transliteration
1.	For the choir director, on strings, a contemplation of David.	lamnatstsêach bin^egîynôth maskîyl l^edâwid
2.	Give ear, O Elohim, to my prayer, and do not conceal yourself from my plea for grace.	ha’^azîynâh ’^elôhîym t^epillâthîy w^e’al-tith‘allam mitt^echinnâthîy
3.	Lean over to me and answer me - I prove restless in my anxiety and am unquiet	haq^eshîybâh lîy wa‘^anênîy ’arîyd b^esîchîy w^e’âhîymâh
4.	at the voice of my enemies, in the face of the pressure of the wicked, for they shake down on me sorrow and in every breath cherish ill-will against me.	miqqôwl ’ôwyêb mipp^enêy ‘^aqath râshâ‘ kîy-yâmîytû ‘âlay ’âwen ûb^e’aph yist^emûnîy
5.	My heart writhes in my inmost being and deathly terrors have dropped on top of me.	libîy yâchîyl b^eqir^ebîy w^e’êymôwth mâweth nâph^elû ‘âlây
6.	Trembling fear has invaded me and I am overwhelmed by shaking.	yir^e’âh wâra‘ad yâbô’ bîy wat^ekhaççênîy pallâtsûth
7.	And I cried out, "Ah, who will give me wings like the dove, that I could fly away, that I could rest.	wâ’ômar mîy-yitten-lîy ’êber kayyôwnâh ’â‘ûphâh w^e’esh^ekônâh
8.	Look! I would slip fluttering far away, would take shelter in the wilderness - Çelah -	hinnêh ’ar^echîyq n^edôd ’âlîyn bammidbâr çelâh
9.	would hasten to a haven that is mine out of the storm of the rushing tempest."	’achîyshâh miph^elât lîy mêrûach çô‘âh miççâ‘ar
10.	Confuse, O Adonay, divide their tongues, for I witnessed violence and strife in the city.	balla‘ ’adônây pallag l^eshôwnâm kîy-râ’îythîy châmaç w^erîyb ba‘îyr
11.	Day and night they circle about her on her walls and sorrow and trouble are within her.	yôwmâm wâlaylâh y^eçôwb^ebuâh ‘al-chôwmôtheyâh w^e’âwen w^e‘âmâl b^eqir^ebâh
12.	Calamity is within her and never far from her open places are injury and deceipt.	hawwôwth b^eqir^ebâh w^elô’-yâmîysh mêr^echôbâh tôkh ûmir^emâh
13.	Surely no enemy taunts me - then I could bear it - no despiser of me, upon me has done great things - then I could hide myself from them -	kîy lô’-’ôwyêb y^echâr^ephênîy w^e’essâ’ lô’-m^esan^e’îy ‘âlay hig^edîyl w^e’eççâthêr mimmennû
14.	but you - a man like my own equal - my intimate and my familiar	w^e’attâh ’^enôwsh k^e‘er^ekîy ’allûphîy ûm^eyuddâ‘îy
15.	who united with me made sweet converse in the house of Elohim, among the congregation.	’^asher yach^edâw nam^etîyq çôwd b^ebêyth ’^elôhîym n^ehallêkh b^erâgesh
16.	Desolations upon them! May they go down into She'ol yet living, since evils are at their sojourn, even in their midst.	yashshîymâweth ‘âlêymôw yar^edû sh^e’ôwl hayyîym kîy-râ‘ôwth bim^egûrâm b^eqir^ebâm
17.	Surely I to Elohim will cry out and he will be a saviour to me.	’anîy ’el-’^elôhîym ’eq^erâ’ wayhôwâh yôwshîy‘ênîy
18.	At dusk and at dawn and at day's height I will grieve and I will groan and he will hear my voice.	‘ereb wâbôqer w^etsâh^ârayim ’âsîychâh w^e’ehemeh wayyish^emâ‘ qôwlîy
19.	He ransomed into peace my soul from the war about me - surely in droves they stood against me -	pâdâh b^eshâlôwm naph^eshîy miqq^erâb-lîy kîy-b^erabbîym hâyû ‘immâdîy
20.	he will hear - O El - and he will make answer to them - and he has been enthroned from of old - Çelah The one who never changes and never has fear of Elohim,	yish^ema‘ ’êl w^eya‘^anêm w^eyôshêb qedem çelâh ’^asher ’êyn ch^alîyphôwth lâmôw w^elô’ yâr^e’û ’^elôhîym
21.	he stretched out his hands against those in peace with him and defiled his covenant.	shâlach yâdâyw bish^elômâyw chillêl b^erîythôw
22.	Smoother than curds his mouth, yet hostility in his heart, softer his words than oil, yet they were open blades.	châl^eqû mach^emâ’ôth pîyw ûq^erâb-libbôw rakkû d^ebârâyw mishshemen w^ehêmmâh ph^ethichôwth
23.	Unload onto Yahweh your burden - surely he can contain you, he will never permit, even to eternity, the shaking down of the righteous.	hash^elêkh ‘al-YHVH y^ehâb^ekhâ w^ehû’ y^ekhalk^elekhâ lô’-yittên l^e‘ôwlâm môwt latstsaddîyq
24.	Then you, Elohim, will bring them down into the hollow pit - the men of traitorous blood who will not divide their days. But I, surely I will trust in you.	w^e’attâh ’^elôhîym tôwridêm lib^e’êr shachath ’an^eshêy dâmîym ûmir^emâh lô’-yâch^etsû y^emêyhem wa’^anîy ’eb^etach-bâkh

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