Cast Your Burden upon the LORD (2 Samuel 17:15–29)
1 WBS To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm 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 WBS 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 WBS Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon 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 WBS My heart is severely pained within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. BSB BSB: My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
5 WBS Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. BSB BSB: Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
6 WBS And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then 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 WBS Lo, then I would 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. BSB BSB: Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
11 WBS Wickedness is in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. BSB BSB: Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
12 WBS For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it : neither was it he that hated me that magnified 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 WBS But it was thou, 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 WBS 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 WBS Let death seize upon 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 WBS As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me. BSB BSB: But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
17 WBS Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice. BSB BSB: Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
18 WBS He hath 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 WBS God will hear and afflict them, even he that abideth 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 WBS He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. BSB BSB: My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
21 WBS 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 WBS Cast thy burden upon the LORD, 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 WBS But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust 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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