Cast Your Burden upon the LORD (2 Samuel 17:15–29)
1 AKJV To the chief musician on Neginoth, Maschil. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
2 AKJV Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; BSB BSB: Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
3 AKJV Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity on me, and in wrath they hate me. BSB BSB: at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.
4 AKJV My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen on me. BSB BSB: My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
5 AKJV Fearfulness and trembling are come on me, and horror has overwhelmed me. BSB BSB: Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
6 AKJV And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. BSB BSB: I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
7 AKJV See, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. BSB BSB: How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
8 AKJV I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. BSB BSB: I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
9 AKJV Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. BSB BSB: O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 AKJV Day and night they go about it on the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the middle of it. BSB BSB: Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
11 AKJV Wickedness is in the middle thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. BSB BSB: Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
12 AKJV 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: BSB BSB: For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
13 AKJV But it was you, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance. BSB BSB: But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
14 AKJV We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company. BSB BSB: We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
15 AKJV Let death seize on them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. BSB BSB: Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
16 AKJV As for me, I will call on God; and the LORD shall save me. BSB BSB: But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
17 AKJV Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. BSB BSB: Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
18 AKJV He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. BSB BSB: He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
19 AKJV God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that stays of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. BSB BSB: God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
20 AKJV He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he has broken his covenant. BSB BSB: My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
21 AKJV The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. BSB BSB: His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
22 AKJV Cast your burden on the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. BSB BSB: Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
23 AKJV But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you. BSB BSB: But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
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