Ps 55 (King James)

¹ Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
² Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
³ 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.
⁴ My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
⁵ Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
⁶ And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
⁷ Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
⁸ I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
⁹ Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
¹⁰ Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
¹¹ Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
¹² 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:
¹³ But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
¹⁴ We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
¹⁵ Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
¹⁶ As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
¹⁷ Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
¹⁸ He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
¹⁹ God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
²⁰ He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
²¹ 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.
²² Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
²³ But thou, O God, shalt 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.

Ps 55 (Ostervald)

¹ Au maître-chantre. Cantique de David, sur les instruments à cordes.
² O Dieu, prête l'oreille à ma prière, et ne te cache pas loin de ma supplication!
³ Écoute-moi et réponds-moi; je m'agite dans ma plainte, et je gémis,
⁴ A la voix de l'ennemi, devant l'oppression du méchant; car ils font tomber sur moi le malheur, et me poursuivent avec furie.
⁵ Mon coeur frémit au-dedans de moi, et des frayeurs mortelles sont tombées sur moi.
⁶ La crainte et le tremblement viennent sur moi; l'effroi m'enveloppe.
⁷ Et j'ai dit: Oh! qui me donnera les ailes de la colombe? Je m'envolerais, et j'irais me poser ailleurs.
⁸ Voilà, je m'enfuirais bien loin, je me tiendrais au désert. (Sélah.)
⁹ Je me hâterais de m'échapper, loin du vent violent, loin de la tempête.
¹⁰ Anéantis-les, Seigneur; confonds leurs langues; car je ne vois que violence et querelles dans la ville.
¹¹ Elles en font le tour, jour et nuit, sur ses murailles; la ruine et le tourment sont au milieu d'elle.
¹² La malice est au milieu d'elle; l'oppression et la fraude ne s'éloignent point de ses places.
¹³ Car ce n'est pas un ennemi qui m'outrage, je pourrais le supporter; mon adversaire n'est pas celui qui me haïssait, je me cacherais loin de lui.
¹⁴ Mais c'est toi, un homme traité comme mon égal, mon compagnon et mon ami!
¹⁵ Nous prenions plaisir à nous entretenir ensemble, nous allions à la maison de Dieu avec la foule.
¹⁶ Que la mort les surprenne! Qu'ils descendent vivants au Sépulcre! Car la malice est dans leurs demeures, dans leurs coeurs.
¹⁷ Mais moi, je crierai à Dieu, et l'Éternel me sauvera.
¹⁸ Le soir, et le matin, et à midi, je crierai et je gémirai, et il entendra ma voix.
¹⁹ Il mettra mon âme en paix, la délivrant de la guerre qu'on lui fait, car j'ai affaire à beaucoup de gens.
²⁰ Dieu l'entendra, et il les humiliera, lui qui règne de tout temps (Sélah); parce qu'il n'y a point en eux de changement, et qu'ils ne craignent point Dieu.
²¹ Chacun jette la main sur ceux qui vivaient en paix avec lui; il viole son alliance.
²² Les paroles de sa bouche sont plus douces que le beurre, mais la guerre est dans son coeur; ses paroles sont plus onctueuses que l'huile, mais ce sont des épées nues.
²³ Décharge-toi de ton fardeau sur l'Éternel, et il te soutiendra; il ne permettra jamais que le juste soit ébranlé.
²⁴ Toi, ô Dieu, tu les précipiteras au fond de la fosse; les hommes de sang et de fraude n'atteindront pas la moitié de leurs jours; mais moi, je me confie en toi.

Ps 55 (Vulgate)

¹ In finem, pro populo qui a sanctis longe factus est. David in tituli inscriptionem, cum tenuerunt eum Allophyli in Geth.
² [Miserere mei, Deus, quoniam conculcavit me homo ; tota die impugnans, tribulavit me.
³ Conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die, quoniam multi bellantes adversum me.
⁴ Ab altitudine diei timebo : ego vero in te sperabo.
⁵ In Deo laudabo sermones meos ; in Deo speravi : non timebo quid faciat mihi caro.
⁶ Tota die verba mea execrabantur ; adversum me omnes cogitationes eorum in malum.
⁷ Inhabitabunt, et abscondent ; ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt. Sicut sustinuerunt animam meam,
⁸ pro nihilo salvos facies illos ; in ira populos confringes.
⁹ Deus, vitam meam annuntiavi tibi ; posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo, sicut et in promissione tua :
¹⁰ tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum. In quacumque die invocavero te, ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es.
¹¹ In Deo laudabo verbum ; in Domino laudabo sermonem. In Deo speravi : non timebo quid faciat mihi homo.
¹² In me sunt, Deus, vota tua, quæ reddam, laudationes tibi :
¹³ quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte, et pedes meos de lapsu, ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium.]