The Psalms - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 703
The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers
PSALMS.
Psnus 54, 55.
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PSALM 54.
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Gon, in Your power is my safety,
And in Your might my defence,
Oh, GOD hear my prayer,
And attend to the words of my mouth,
For savages rise upon me,
And rutiians seek for my life;
With whom there is no thought of Gon!
S1·AuzA 2.
But look! for _a GOD is my helper,
The Ar.mcm1·v supporting my life.
He turns their crime back on my foes,
And He by His Brmness destroys
Snuzs 3.
With a vow, I will oB'er to You,
Praise Your Name, Lord, because You are good:
For from all my foes You deliver,
And my enemies show to my sight.
PSALM 55.
To his Bandmaster.
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Suuza 1.
Listen O Gon to my prayer,
And hide not Yourself from my pleas;
Give a hearing to me, ·and reply,
For I wander reflecting, and moan,
At my foe's voice, before and behind,
For the wicked throw terror on me;
They accuse me with fury and rage,
My heart beating quick in my breast,
Whilst the faintness of Death on me falls;
And on me fear and shuddermg comes,
And terrors encircle me round!
I exclaim,
T 0 fly off, and seek myself rest ?
For then I would fly far away.
And rest in the Desert secure.
I would hasten to make my escape,
From the rage of this wind, and this storm.
Suuze. 2.
Loma swallow and split up their tongues,
Cruel wrong I have met in this Town.
Day and night they encircle the walls,
And passion and sorrow are there.
There, mischief that will not depart;
With arrogance, malice, and fraud.
Sranza 3.
I could have borne, if a foe had reviled,
Or against me an enemy rose,
For I could have hidden from them.
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