1. Give ear to my prayer, O God,and do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
2. Attend to me, and answer me;I am restless in my complaint, and I murmur,
3. because of the voice of the enemy,because of the pressure of the wicked,for they cause trouble to drop on me,and in wrath they have animosity against me.
4. My heart is in pain within me,and the terrors of death have fallen on me.
5. Fear and trembling come into me,and horror has overwhelmed me.
6. I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!For then I would fly away and be at rest.
7. Indeed, then I would wander far off,and remain in the wilderness. Selah
8. I would hasten my escapefrom the windy storm and tempest.”
9. Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues,for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10. Day and night they go around it on its walls;trouble and sorrow are in its midst.
11. Destruction is in its midst;oppression and treachery do not depart from its streets.