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Psalm 55

¶ To him that excelleth on Neginóth. A Pſalme of Dauid to giue inſtruction.
1.HEare my prayer, ô God, & hide not thy ſelf from my ſupplication.
2.Hearkẽ vnto me, & anſwer me: I mourne in my prayer, and make a noiſe,
3.For the voyce of the enemie, & for the vexation of the wicked, becauſe they haue broght iniquitie vpon me, & furiouſly hate me.
4.Mine heart trembleth within me, and the terrors of death are fallen vpon me.
5.Feare and trembling are come vpon me, & an horrible feare hathe couered me.
6.And I ſaid, Oh that I had wings like a dooue: then wold I flie away and reſt.
7.Beholde, I wolde take my flight farre of, & lodge in the wildernes. Sélah.
8.He wolde make haſte for my deliuerance from the ſtormie winde and tempeſt.
9.Deſtroye, ô Lord, and deuide their tongues: for I haue ſene crueltie and ſtrife in the citie.
10.Daye and night they go about it vpon the walles thereof: bothe iniquitie and miſchief are in the middes of it.
11.Wickednes is in ye middes thereof: deceit & guile departe not from her ſtretes.
12.Surely mine enemie did not diffame me: for I colde haue borne it. nether did mine aduerſarie exalt him ſelf againſt me: for I wolde haue hid me from him.
13.But it was thou, ô man, euen my companion, my guide and my familiar:
14.Which delited in conſulting together, and went into the Houſe of God as companions.
15.Let death ſeaſe vpon them: let them go downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes is in their dwellings, euen in the middes of them.
16.But I wil call vnto God, & the Lord wil ſaue me.
17.Euening and morning, & at noone wil I praye, & make anoiſe, & he wil heare my voyce.
18.He hathe deliuered my ſoule in peace frō the battel, that was againſt me: for manie were with me.
19.God ſhal heare and afflict them, euen he that reigneth of olde, Sélah. becauſe they haue no changes, therefore they feare not God.
20.He layed his hand vpon ſuche, as be at peace with him, and he brake his couenant.
21.The wordes of his mouth were ſofter the butter, yet warre was in his heart: his wordes were more gentle then oyle, yet they were ſwordes.
22.Caſt thy burden vpon the Lord, and he ſhal nouriſh thee: he wil not ſuffer the righteous to fall for euer.
23.And thou, ô God, ſhalt bring the downe into the pit of corruptiō: the blooddie, & deceitful men ſhal not liue halfe their dayes: but I wil truſt in thee.

Notes

1:a.
The earneſtnes of his prater declareth the vehemẽcie of his grief, in ſo muche as he is compelled to burſt out into cryes.
3:b.
For ye threatnings of Saúl & his adherẽts.
3:c.
They haue diffamed me as a wicked perſone: or, they haue imagined my deſtructiõ.
5:d.
There was no parte of hĩ that was not aſtoned with extreme feare.
6:e.
Feare had driuẽ hĩ to ſo great diſtres, that he wiſhed to be hid in ſome wildernes, & to be baniſhed from that kingdome, wc God had promiſed that he ſhulde enioye
8:f.
From ye cruel rage & tyrãnie of Saúl.
9:g.
As in the cõfuſiõ of Babylon, when the wicked cõſpired againſt God.
10:h.
All laws & good ordres are broken, & onelie vice & diſſolutiõ reigneth vnder Saúl.
12:i.
If mine open enemie had foght mine hurt, I colde ye better haue auoyded him.
13:k.
Which was not onely ioyned to me in frĩd ſhip & couſel in worldlie matters, but alſo in religion
15:l.
As Kórah, Dathán & Abiram.
17:m.
Which ſignifieth a feruent minde & ſure truſte to obteine his petitiō, which thing made him earneſt at all times in praier
18:n.
Eue the Angels of God foght on my ſide agaīſt mine enemies, 2. King. 6,16
19:o.
But their pſperous eſtate ſtil cōtinueth
20:p.
I did not puoke him, but was at peace with him, yet he made warre againſt me.
22:".
Or, gift: to wit, which theu woldeſt that God ſhulde giue thee
22:q.
Thogh for their bettering & trial he ſuffer the to ſlip for a time
23:r.
Thogh they ſometime liue lōger, yet their life is curſed of God, vnquiet & worſe then anie death