1. God, listen to my prayerand do not ignore my plea for help.
2. Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint,
3. because of the enemy’s voice,because of the pressure of the wicked.For they bring down disaster on me and harass me in anger.
4. My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me.
5. Fear and trembling grip me;horror has overwhelmed me.
6. I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!I would fly away and find rest.
7. How far away I would flee;I would stay in the wilderness. Selah
8. I would hurry to my shelterfrom the raging wind and the storm.”
9. Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;
10. day and night they make the rounds on its walls.Crime and trouble are within it;
11. destruction is inside it;oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.
12. Now it is not an enemy who insults me —otherwise I could bear it;it is not a foe who rises up against me —otherwise I could hide from him.
13. But it is you, a man who is my peer,my companion and good friend!