55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
55:11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:
55:13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.
55:14 We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.
55:15 Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.
55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
55:18 He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me.
55:19 God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God.
55:20 He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.
55:21 His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
55:22 Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
55:23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
