1Give ear to my prayer, O God;

do not hide yourself from my supplication.*

2Attend to me and answer me;

I am troubled in my complaint.

I am distraught* 3by the noise of the enemy,

because of the clamor of the wicked.

For they bringj trouble upon me,

and in anger they bear a grudge against me.*

4My heart is in anguish within me;

the terrors of death have fallen upon me.*

5Fear and trembling come upon me,

and horror overwhelms me.*

6And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and be at rest;*

7truly, I would flee far away;

I would lodge in the wilderness;   Selah

8I would hurry to find a shelter for myself

from the raging wind and tempest.”*

9Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech,

for I see violence and strife in the city.*

10Day and night they go around it

on its walls,

and iniquity and trouble are within it;

11ruin is in its midst;

oppression and fraud

do not depart from its marketplace.*

12It is not enemies who taunt me—

I could bear that;

it is not adversaries who deal insolently with me—

I could hide from them.*

13But it is you, my equal,

my companion, my familiar friend,*

14with whom I kept pleasant company;

we walked in the house of God with the throng.*

15Let death come upon them;

let them go down alive to Sheol,

for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.*

16But I call upon God,

and the Lord will save me.*

17Evening and morning and at noon

I utter my complaint and moan,

and he will hear my voice.*

18He will redeem me unharmed

from the battle that I wage,

for many are arrayed against me.*

19God, who is enthroned from of old,   Selah

will hear and will humble them,

because they do not change

and do not fear God.*

20My companion laid hands on a friend

and violated a covenant with mek^,*

21with speech smoother than butter

but with a heart set on war,

with words that were softer than oil

but in fact were drawn swords.*

22Cast your burdenl on the Lord,

and he will sustain you;

he will never permit

the righteous to be moved.*

23But you, O God, will cast them down

into the lowest pit;

the bloodthirsty and treacherous

shall not live out half their days.

But I will trust in you.*