5. Fear and trembling grip me;horror has overwhelmed me.
6. I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!I would fly away and find rest.
7. How far away I would flee;I would stay in the wilderness. Selah
8. I would hurry to my shelterfrom the raging wind and the storm.”
9. Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;
10. day and night they make the rounds on its walls.Crime and trouble are within it;
11. destruction is inside it;oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.
12. Now it is not an enemy who insults me —otherwise I could bear it;it is not a foe who rises up against me —otherwise I could hide from him.
13. But it is you, a man who is my peer,my companion and good friend!
14. We used to have close fellowship;we walked with the crowd into the house of God.