3. because my enemy shouts at meand a wicked person persecutes me.They bring misery crashing down on me,and they attack me out of anger.
4. My heart is in turmoil.The terrors of death have seized me.
5. Fear and trembling have overcome me.Horror has overwhelmed me.
6. I said, “If only I had wings like a dove—I would fly away and find rest.
7. Indeed, I would run far away.I would stay in the desert. Selah
8. I would hurry to find shelterfrom the raging wind and storm.”
9. Completely confuse their language, O Lord,because I see violence and conflict in the city.
10. Day and night they go around on ⌊top of⌋ the city walls.Trouble and misery are everywhere.
11. Destruction is everywhere.Oppression and fraud never leave the streets.
12. If an enemy had insulted me,then I could bear it.If someone who hated me had attacked me,then I could hide from him.
13. But it is you, my equal,my best friend,one I knew so well!
14. We used to talk to each other in complete confidenceand walk into God’s house with the festival crowds.
15. Let death suddenly take ⌊wicked people⌋!Let them go into the grave while they are still alive,because evil lives in their homes as well as in their hearts.
16. But I call on God,and the Lord saves me.
17. Morning, noon, and night I complain and groan,and he listens to my voice.
18. With ⌊his⌋ peace, he will rescue my soulfrom the war waged against me,because there are many ⌊soldiers fighting⌋ against me.
19. God will listen.The one who has sat enthroned from the beginningwill deal with them. SelahThey never change. They never fear God.