3. because of the noise of the enemy,because of the oppression of the wicked.For they drop trouble upon me,and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4. My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5. Fear and trembling come upon me,and horror overwhelms me.
6. And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!I would fly away and be at rest;
7. yes, I would wander far away;I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
8. I would hurry to find a shelterfrom the raging wind and tempest.”
9. Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;for I see violence and strife in the city.
10. Day and night they go around iton its walls,and iniquity and trouble are within it;
11. ruin is in its midst; oppression and frauddo not depart from its marketplace.
12. For it is not an enemy who taunts me—then I could bear it;it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me—then I could hide from him.
13. But it is you, a man, my equal,my companion, my familiar friend.
14. We used to take sweet counsel together;within God’s house we walked in the throng.
15. Let death steal over them;let them go down to Sheol alive;for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
16. But I call to God,and the Lord will save me.
17. Evening and morning and at noonI utter my complaint and moan,and he hears my voice.