Cast Your Burden upon the LORD (2 Samuel 17:15–29)
1 DBY To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself 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 DBY Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud, BSB BSB: Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
3 DBY Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute 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 DBY My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. BSB BSB: My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
5 DBY Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. BSB BSB: Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
6 DBY And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would 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 DBY Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah; BSB BSB: How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
8 DBY I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest. BSB BSB: I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”
9 DBY Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: 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 DBY Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it. BSB BSB: Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
11 DBY Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets. BSB BSB: Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
12 DBY For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me — then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me — then would I have hidden 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 DBY But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ... BSB BSB: But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
14 DBY We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng. BSB BSB: We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
15 DBY Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst. BSB BSB: Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
16 DBY As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me. BSB BSB: But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
17 DBY Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice. BSB BSB: Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
18 DBY He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me. BSB BSB: He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
19 DBY God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) ...because there is no change in them, and 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 DBY He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant. BSB BSB: My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
21 DBY Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are 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 DBY Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: he will 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 DBY And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee. 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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