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Salmos 55 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
23 versículos · The Message, 2002
1A David psalmOpen your ears, God, to my prayer;don't pretend you don't hear me knocking.
2Come close and whisper your answer.I really need you.I shudder
3at the mean voice,quail before the evil eye,As they pile on the guilt,stockpile angry slander.
4My insides are turned inside out;specters of death have me down.
5I shake with fear,I shudder from head to foot.
6"Who will give me wings," I ask—"wings like a dove?"Get me out of here on dove wings;
7I want some peace and quiet.I want a walk in the country,
8I want a cabin in the woods.I'm desperate for a changefrom rage and stormy weather.
9Come down hard, Lord—slit their tongues.I'm appalled how they've split the cityInto rival gangsprowling the alleys
10Day and night spoiling for a fight,trash piled in the streets,
11Even shopkeepers gouging and cheatingin broad daylight.
12This isn't the neighborhood bullymocking me—I could take that.This isn't a foreign devil spittinginvective—I could tune that out.
13It's you! We grew up together!You! My best friend!
14Those long hours of leisure as we walkedarm in arm, God a third party to our conversation.
15Haul my betrayers off alive to hell—let themexperience the horror, let themfeel every desolate detail of a damned life.
16I call to God;God will help me.
17At dusk, dawn, and noon I sighdeep sighs—he hears, he rescues.
18My life is well and whole, securein the middle of dangerEven while thousandsare lined up against me.
19God hears it all, and from his judge's benchputs them in their place.But, set in their ways, they won't change;they pay him no mind.
20And this, my best friend, betrayed his best friends;his life betrayed his word.
21All my life I've been charmed by his speech,never dreaming he'd turn on me.His words, which were music to my ears,turned to daggers in my heart.
22Pile your troubles on God's shoulders—he'll carry your load, he'll help you out.He'll never let good peopletopple into ruin.
23But you, God, will throw the othersinto a muddy bog,Cut the lifespan of assassinsand traitors in half.And I trust in you.