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.