1. Give ear to my prayer, O God and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2. Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,
3. Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
4. My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5. Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;
7. Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
8. I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.