54:10For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

54:11O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

54:12And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

54:13And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

54:14In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

54:15Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

54:16Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

54:17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

55:1(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.

55:1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

55:2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

55:2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

55:3Because 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.

55:4Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

55:4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

55:5Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

55:5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

55:7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

55:8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

55:9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

55:10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

55:10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

55:11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

55:11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

55:12For 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:

55:12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

55:13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

55:13But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

55:14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

55:15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

55:16As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

55:17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

55:18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

55:19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

55:20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

55:21The 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.

55:22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

55:23But 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.

56:1Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

56:1(To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.) Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

56:2Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

56:2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

56:3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

56:3Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.