5. I am trembling with fear. I am terrified!
6. Oh, I wish I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and find a place to rest.
7. I would go far into the desert and stay there. Selah
8. I would run away. I would escape from this storm of trouble.
9. My Lord, confuse their words and stop their plans. I see so much cruelty and fighting in this city.
10. Day and night, in every neighborhood, the city is filled with evil and trouble.
11. There is so much crime in the streets. People who hurt and cheat others are everywhere.
12. If it were an enemy insulting me, I could bear it. If it were my enemies attacking me, I could hide.
13. But it is you, the one so close to me, my companion, my good friend, who does this.
14. We used to share our secrets with one another, as we walked through the crowds together in God’s Temple.
15. I wish death would take my enemies by surprise! I wish the earth would open up and swallow them alive, because they plan such terrible things together.
16. I will call to God for help, and the Lord will save me.