Ps 54:6 ¶ Willingly I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks to Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
Ps 54:7 For He has delivered me from all trouble, And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.
Ps 55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
Ps 55:2 Give heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted,
Ps 55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the pressure of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me And in anger they bear a grudge against me.
Ps 55:4 ¶ My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Ps 55:5 Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me.
Ps 55:6 I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
Ps 55:7 "Behold, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah.
Ps 55:8 "I would hasten to my place of refuge From the stormy wind and tempest."
Ps 55:9 ¶ Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Ps 55:10 Day and night they go around her upon her walls, And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.
Ps 55:11 Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.
Ps 55:12 ¶ For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him.
Ps 55:13 But it is you, a man my equal, My companion and my familiar friend;
Ps 55:14 We who had sweet fellowship together Walked in the house of God in the throng.
Ps 55:15 Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
Ps 55:16 ¶ As for me, I shall call upon God, And the LORD will save me.
Ps 55:17 Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice.
Ps 55:18 He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are many who strive with me.