Psalms 55:5-12 Modern English Version (MEV)

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.

12. For it is not an enemy who reproachesme;then I could bear it.Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; then I could hide from him.

Psalms 55