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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.
Attend to me, and answer me;
I am restless in my complaint and I moan,
I am restless in my complaint and I moan,
Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,
because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
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.
My heart is in anguish within me;
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror overwhelms me.
and horror overwhelms me.
Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
I would fly away and be at rest;
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;
yes, I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
I would hurry to find a shelter
from the raging wind and tempest.”
from the raging wind and tempest.”
I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.
Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;
for I see violence and strife in the city.
for I see violence and strife in the city.
Swallow [them] up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.
ruin is in its midst;
oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
For it is not an enemy who taunts me —
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me —
then I could hide from him.
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me —
then I could hide from him.
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;
But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.
my companion, my familiar friend.
But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ...
We used to take sweet counsel together;
within God’s house we walked in the throng.
within God’s house we walked in the throng.
We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng.
Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
let them go down to Sheol alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.
But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.
and the Lord will save me.
As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me.
Evening and morning and at noon
I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.
He redeems my soul in safety
from the battle that I wage,
for many are arrayed against me.
from the battle that I wage,
for many are arrayed against me.
He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me.
God will give ear and humble them,
he who is enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.
he who is enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.
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.
He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
His speech was smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were drawn swords.
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were drawn swords.
Smooth were the milky [words] of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.
Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and *he* will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
But you, O God, will cast them down
into the pit of destruction;
men of blood and treachery
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.
into the pit of destruction;
men of blood and treachery
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.
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.