2. (3) Attend unto me, and hear me; I wander restlessly in my si'ach (anxiety), and aloud I groan;
3. (4) Because of the voice of the oyev (enemy), because of the oppression of the rasha (evildoer); for they cast aven (iniquity) upon me, and in af (wrath, anger) cherish their malice against me.
4. (5) My lev writhes within me; and the terrors of mavet are fallen upon me.
5. (6) Yirah va'ra'ad (fear and trembling) are come upon me, and pallatzut (horror, shuddering) overwhelmed me.
6. (7) And I said, Oh that I had wings like a yonah! For then would I fly away and be at rest.
7. (8) Hinei, then would I flee far off and lodge in the midbar. Selah.
8. (9) I would hasten to my place of shelter from the ruach so'ah (wind of the tempest) and storm.
9. (10) Destroy, Adonoi, and confuse their leshon; for I see chamas (violence) and riv (strife) in the Ir (city, i.e., Jerusalem).
10. (11) Yomam and lailah they go about her [Yerushalayim] upon the chomot thereof; aven also and amal are in the midst of her [Yerushalayim].
11. (12) Ruin is in the midst thereof; oppression and mirmah (guile, fraud, deceit) depart not from her rechov.
12. (13) For it was not an oyev (enemy) that reproached me; then I could bear it; neither was it he that had sinah (hatred) for me that did exalt himself against me; then I could have hid myself from him;
13. (14) But it was thou, an enosh (a man) equally [valued with myself], my aluf (intimate, friend), and me'yuda'i (deep acquaintance, familiar friend, see Psalm 41:9)
14. (15) Together we took sweet sod (intimate conversation, fellowship, counsel), and walked unto the Beis Elohim with the throng.