1. For the leader. On stringed instruments. A maskil of David.
2. Listen, God, to my prayer;do not hide from my pleading;
3. hear me and give answer.I rock with grief; I groan
4. at the uproar of the enemy,the clamor of the wicked.They heap trouble upon me,savagely accuse me.
5. My heart pounds within me;death’s terrors fall upon me.
6. Fear and trembling overwhelm me;shuddering sweeps over me.
7. I say, “If only I had wings like a dovethat I might fly away and find rest.