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.]