1. Listen to my prayer, O God,do not ignore my plea;
2. hear me and answer me.My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
3. because of what my enemy is saying,because of the threats of the wicked;for they bring down suffering on meand assail me in their anger.
4. My heart is in anguish within me;the terrors of death have fallen on me.
5. Fear and trembling have beset me;horror has overwhelmed me.
6. I said, ‘Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!I would fly away and be at rest.
7. I would flee far awayand stay in the desert;
8. I would hurry to my place of shelter,far from the tempest and storm.’
9. Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,for I see violence and strife in the city.
10. Day and night they prowl about on its walls;malice and abuse are within it.
11. Destructive forces are at work in the city;threats and lies never leave its streets.
12. If an enemy were insulting me,I could endure it;if a foe were rising against me,I could hide.
13. But it is you, a man like myself,my companion, my close friend,