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1 - Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.

2 - Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

3 - Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

4 - My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

5 - Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

6 - I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

7 - Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

8 - “I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”

9 - Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10 - Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

11 - Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.

12 - For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.

13 - But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

14 - We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.

15 - Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

16 - As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

17 - Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

18 - He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.

19 - God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don’t fear God.

20 - He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

21 - His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

22 - Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

23 - But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.