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 the midst of them.

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. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

¹ Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

² My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

³ When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

⁴ In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

⁵ All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶ They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

⁷ Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

⁸ You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?

⁹ Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.

¹⁰ In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.

¹¹ I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

¹² Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

¹³ For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

¹ Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

² I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me.

³ He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.