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Cast Your Cares on the Lord
{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
Give ear to my prayer, O God;
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,
Give heed to me and answer me;
I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted,
I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted,
Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
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.
Because of the pressure of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble upon me
And in anger they bear a grudge against me.
My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
My heart is in anguish within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Fear and trembling come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.
And horror has overwhelmed me.
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
I would fly away and be at rest.
Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
“Behold, I would wander far away,
I would lodge in the wilderness.
I would lodge in the wilderness.
Selah.
“I would hasten to my place of refuge
From the stormy wind and tempest.”
From the stormy wind and tempest.”
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues,
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they go around her upon her walls,
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.
Destruction is in her midst;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.
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.
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.
But it is you, a man my equal,
My companion and my familiar friend;
My companion and my familiar friend;
We who had sweet fellowship together
Walked in the house of God in the throng.
Walked in the house of God in the throng.
Let death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
Let them go down alive to Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
As for me, I shall call upon God,
And the LORD will save me.
And the LORD will save me.
Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur,
And He will hear my voice.
And He will hear my voice.
He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me,
For they are many who strive with me.
For they are many who strive with me.
God will hear and answer them —
Even the one who sits enthroned from of old —
Selah.
With whom there is no change,
And who do not fear God.
Even the one who sits enthroned from of old —
Selah.
With whom there is no change,
And who do not fear God.
He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has violated his covenant.
He has violated his covenant.
His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.
Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.
I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.
“I would hasten to my place of refuge
From the stormy wind and tempest.”
From the stormy wind and tempest.”
Swallow [them] up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues,
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.
Day and night they go around her upon her walls,
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.
Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
Destruction is in her midst;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.
For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me -- then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified [himself] against me -- then would I have hidden myself from him;
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.
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.
But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ...
But it is you, a man my equal,
My companion and my familiar friend;
My companion and my familiar friend;
We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng.
We who had sweet fellowship together
Walked in the house of God in the throng.
Walked in the house of God in the throng.
Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.
Let death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
Let them go down alive to Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me.
As for me, I shall call upon God,
And the LORD will save me.
And the LORD will save me.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.
Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur,
And He will hear my voice.
And He will hear my voice.
He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me.
He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me,
For they are many who strive with me.
For they are many who strive with me.
God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ... because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.
God will hear and answer them —
Even the one who sits enthroned from of old —
Selah.
With whom there is no change,
And who do not fear God.
Even the one who sits enthroned from of old —
Selah.
With whom there is no change,
And who do not fear God.
He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has violated his covenant.
He has violated his covenant.
Smooth were the milky [words] of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.
His speech was smoother than butter,
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
But his heart was war;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and *he* will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.
Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.