Catholic Public Domain Version

Psalm 54:5-11 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

5. My heart has become disturbed within me, and the dread of death has fallen over me.

6. Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and darkness has buried me.

7. And I said, "Who will give me wings like the dove, so that I may fly away and take rest?"

8. Behold, I have fled far away, and I linger in solitude.

9. I waited for him who saved me from a weak-minded spirit and from a tempest.

10. Cast them down, O Lord, and divide their tongues. For I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

11. Day and night, iniquity will surround it upon its walls, and hardship is in its midst,