Psalm 55:12-23

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹² For it is not an enemy who insults me—
I could bear that.
It is not someone who hated me who rises up against me—
I could hide from him.
¹³ But it is you, a man who served with me,
    my colleague and my associate,
¹⁴     with whom I shared pleasant discussions
    as we walked with the excited crowd at God’s house.

¹⁵ Let deadly destruction come on them.
Let them go down to the grave alive,
because evil is at home in their hearts.

¹⁶ As for me, I call to God,
and the Lord saves me.
¹⁷ Evening, morning, and noon I cry out and I sigh,
and he hears my voice.
¹⁸ In peace he redeems my life from the assault against me,
    even when many are against me.
¹⁹ God will hear, and he will punish them— Interlude
yes, he is seated on his throne from eternity!
—because they never change, and they do not fear God.

²⁰ The traitor reaches out his hand against those at peace with him.
He breaks his agreement.^[a]
21 His flattery is as smooth as butter,
yet war is in his heart.
His words are more soothing than oil,
yet they are drawn daggers.

²² Place your burden on the Lord,
and he will support you.
He will never allow the righteous to fall.
²³ But you, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction.
Bloody and deceitful men will not live half their days.
But as for me, I will trust in you.