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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.
Please listen and answer me,
for I am overwhelmed by my troubles.
for I am overwhelmed by my troubles.
Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,
My enemies shout at me,
making loud and wicked threats.
They bring trouble on me
and angrily hunt me down.
making loud and wicked threats.
They bring trouble on me
and angrily hunt me down.
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 pounds in my chest.
The terror of death assaults me.
The terror of death assaults me.
My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Fear and trembling overwhelm me,
and I can’t stop shaking.
and I can’t stop shaking.
Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Oh, that I had wings like a dove;
then I would fly away and rest!
then I would fly away and rest!
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;
I would fly far away
to the quiet of the wilderness.
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to the quiet of the wilderness.
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Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
How quickly I would escape —
far from this wild storm of hatred.
far from this wild storm of hatred.
I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.
Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans,
for I see violence and conflict in the city.
for I see violence and conflict in the city.
Swallow [them] up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders,
but the real danger is wickedness within the city.
but the real danger is wickedness within the city.
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.
Everything is falling apart;
threats and cheating are rampant in the streets.
threats and cheating are rampant in the streets.
Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
It is not an enemy who taunts me —
I could bear that.
It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me —
I could have hidden from them.
I could bear that.
It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me —
I could have hidden from them.
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;
Instead, it is you — my equal,
my companion and close friend.
my companion and close friend.
But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ...
What good fellowship we once enjoyed
as we walked together to the house of God.
as we walked together to the house of God.
We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng.
Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.
But I will call on God,
and the LORD will rescue me.
and the LORD will rescue me.
As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me.
Morning, noon, and night
I cry out in my distress,
and the LORD hears my voice.
I cry out in my distress,
and the LORD hears my voice.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.
He ransoms me and keeps me safe
from the battle waged against me,
though many still oppose me.
from the battle waged against me,
though many still oppose me.
He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me.
God, who has ruled forever,
will hear me and humble them.
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For my enemies refuse to change their ways;
they do not fear God.
will hear me and humble them.
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For my enemies refuse to change their ways;
they 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.
As for my companion, he betrayed his friends;
he broke his promises.
he broke his promises.
He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
His words are as smooth as butter,
but in his heart is war.
His words are as soothing as lotion,
but underneath are daggers!
but in his heart is war.
His words are as soothing as lotion,
but underneath are daggers!
Smooth were the milky [words] of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.
Give your burdens to the LORD,
and he will take care of you.
He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.
and he will take care of you.
He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and *he* will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
But you, O God, will send the wicked
down to the pit of destruction.
Murderers and liars will die young,
but I am trusting you to save me.
down to the pit of destruction.
Murderers and liars will die young,
but I am trusting you to save me.
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.