• He Will Never Allow the Righteous to Be Shaken

  • 1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
  • 2 Give heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted,
  • 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the pressure of the wicked; For they shake wickedness down upon me And in anger they bear a grudge against me.
  • 4 My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
  • 5 Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has covered me.
  • 6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
  • 7 “Behold, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah.
  • 8 “I would hasten to my place of refuge From the stormy wind and tempest.”
  • 9 Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
  • 10 Day and night they go around her upon her walls, And wickedness and mischief are in her midst.
  • 11 Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets.
  • 12 For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who hates me who has magnified himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him.
  • 13 But it is you, a man my equal, My close companion and my familiar friend;
  • 14 We who had sweet counsel together Walked in the house of God in the throng.
  • 15 Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
  • 16 As for me, I shall call upon God, And Yahweh will save me.
  • 17 Evening and morning and at noon, I will bring my complaint and moan, And He will hear my voice.
  • 18 He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are many who strive with me.
  • 19 God will hear and answer them— Even the one who sits enthroned from of old— Selah. Because they do not change, And do not fear God.
  • 20 My companion has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; He has violated his covenant.
  • 21 His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.
  • 22 Cast your burden upon Yahweh and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.
  • 23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of corruption; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.