has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has rejected them. 053:006 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back his people from captivity, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 054:001 <<For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, "Isn't David hiding himself among us?">> Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might. 054:002 Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth. 054:003 For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah. 054:004 Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul. 054:005 He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth. 054:006 With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good. 054:007 For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies. 055:001 <<For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David.>> Listen to my prayer, God. Don't hide yourself from my supplication. 055:002 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan, 055:003 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me. 055:004 My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me. 055:005 Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me. 055:006 I said, "Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest. 055:007 Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah. 055:008 "I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm." 055:009 Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 055:010 Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her. 055:011 Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets. 055:012 For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hid myself from him. 055:013 But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend. 055:014 We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God's house with company. 055:015 Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. 055:016 As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me. 055:017 Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.