Cast Your Burden upon the LORD
(2 Samuel 17:15–29)
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil 1of David.
Listen to my prayer, O God, 1Pe 3:12Psa 86:6Psa 61:1Psa 27:9Psa 64:1Psa 80:1Psa 143:7Psa 54:1-2
and do not ignore my plea.
Attend to me and answer me. Isa 38:14Psa 66:19Psa 77:3Isa 59:11Psa 64:1Psa 102:9-10Psa 38:6Psa 43:2
I am restless in my complaint,
and distraught at the voice of the enemy, 2Sa 16:7-8Psa 35:11Psa 27:122Sa 15:32Sa 19:19Lam 3:34-36Mat 26:59Psa 12:5
at the pressure of the wicked.
For they release disaster upon me
and revile me in their anger.
My heart murmurs within me, Psa 116:3Mrk 14:33-342Co 1:8-10Heb 5:7Psa 18:4-5Isa 38:10-13Mat 26:37-38Psa 102:3-5
and the terrors of death assail me.
Fear and trembling grip me, Job 21:6Psa 119:120Luk 22:442Sa 15:14Ezk 7:18Isa 21:4Job 23:15-16Job 6:4
and horror has overwhelmed me.
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! Psa 11:1Rev 12:14Psa 139:9
I would fly away and find rest.
How far away I would flee! Jer 9:22Sa 15:14Jer 37:122Sa 17:21-22Pro 6:4-51Sa 27:1
In the wilderness I would remain.
Selah
I would hurry to my shelter, Isa 4:6Mat 7:25-27Psa 18:4Isa 17:12-13
far from this raging tempest.”
O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, Jer 6:72Sa 15:31Act 23:6-10Gen 11:7-92Sa 17:1-14Jer 23:14Jhn 7:45-53Mat 23:37-38
for I see violence and strife in the city.
Day and night they encircle the walls, Psa 59:14-15Isa 59:6-15Jhn 18:28Act 9:24Ezk 9:4Psa 59:61Sa 19:112Sa 16:21-22
while malice and trouble lie within.
Destruction is within; Isa 59:7Psa 5:9Act 7:51-52Jer 5:26-27Psa 10:7Ezk 22:1-12Jer 9:3-5Mat 26:4
oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
For it is not an enemy who insults me; Psa 41:9Jhn 13:18Mat 26:21-23Psa 35:26Jhn 18:2-3Isa 10:15Psa 38:16
that I could endure.
It is not a foe who rises against me;
from him I could hide.
But it is you, a man like myself, Mic 7:52Sa 15:12Jer 9:4Mrk 14:44-452Sa 16:23Luk 22:47-48Psa 41:9Luk 22:21
my companion and close friend.
We shared sweet fellowship together; Psa 42:4Ezk 33:31Isa 2:3Psa 122:1
we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
Let death seize them by surprise; Psa 59:13Act 1:18-20Psa 109:6-20Psa 64:7Psa 9:172Sa 18:14Act 1:25Mat 26:24
let them go down to Sheol alive,
for evil is with them in their homes.
But I call to God, Psa 50:15Luk 6:11-12Psa 73:28Psa 91:15Psa 109:4
and the LORD saves me.
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, 1Th 5:17Eph 6:18Psa 141:2Act 3:1Heb 5:7Act 10:9Dan 6:10Mrk 1:35
and He hears my voice.
He redeems my soul in peace 1Jn 4:4Mat 26:53Psa 3:6-7Psa 57:32Ch 32:7-82Sa 22:1Psa 27:1-32Ki 6:16
from the battle waged against me,
even though many oppose me.
God will hear and humiliate them— Deu 33:27Zep 1:12Ecc 8:11Col 1:17Jer 48:11Mic 5:2Rev 6:10-111Th 2:15-16
the One enthroned for the ages—
Selah
because they do not change
and they have no fear of God.
My companion attacks his friends; Act 12:1Psa 7:4Psa 89:34Psa 109:5Psa 120:6-71Sa 22:171Sa 24:10Ecc 8:2
he violates his covenant.
His speech is smooth as butter, Psa 57:4Pro 5:3-4Pro 26:28Psa 28:3Luk 20:20-21Pro 26:24-26Psa 12:2Psa 64:3
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
yet they are swords unsheathed.
Cast your burden upon the LORD 1Pe 5:7Psa 37:5Php 4:6-7Mat 6:25Psa 62:6Psa 16:8Psa 27:14Psa 37:24
and He will sustain you;
He will never let the righteous be shaken.
But You, O God, will bring them down Pro 10:27Psa 5:6Job 15:32Psa 7:15-16Psa 73:18Ecc 7:17Isa 38:17Mat 27:4-5
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and deceit
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.