1. God, listen to my prayerand do not ignore my cry for help.
2. Pay attention to me and answer me.I am troubled and upset
3. by what the enemy saysand how the wicked look at me.They bring troubles down on me,and in anger they attack me.
4. I am frightened inside;the terror of death has attacked me.
5. I am scared and shaking,and terror grips me.
6. I said, “I wish I had wings like a dove.Then I would fly away and rest.
7. I would wander far awayand stay in the desert.Selah
8. I would hurry to my place of escape,far away from the wind and storm.”
9. Lord, destroy and confuse their words,because I see violence and fighting in the city.
10. Day and night they are all around its walls,and evil and trouble are everywhere inside.
11. Destruction is everywhere in the city;trouble and lying never leave its streets.
12. It was not an enemy insulting me.I could stand that.It was not someone who hated me.I could hide from him.
13. But it is you, a person like me,my companion and good friend.
14. We had a good friendshipand walked together to God’s Temple.