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Please listen and answer me,
for I am overwhelmed by my troubles.
for I am overwhelmed by my troubles.
Attend to me, and answer me;
I am restless in my complaint and I moan,
I am restless in my complaint and I moan,
My enemies shout at me,
making loud and wicked threats.
They bring trouble on me
and angrily hunt me down.
making loud and wicked threats.
They bring trouble on me
and angrily hunt me down.
because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
My heart pounds in my chest.
The terror of death assaults me.
The terror of death assaults me.
My heart is in anguish within me;
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
Fear and trembling overwhelm me,
and I can’t stop shaking.
and I can’t stop shaking.
Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror overwhelms me.
and horror overwhelms me.
Oh, that I had wings like a dove;
then I would fly away and rest!
then I would fly away and rest!
And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
I would fly away and be at rest;
I would fly far away
to the quiet of the wilderness.
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to the quiet of the wilderness.
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yes, I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
How quickly I would escape —
far from this wild storm of hatred.
far from this wild storm of hatred.
I would hurry to find a shelter
from the raging wind and tempest.”
from the raging wind and tempest.”
Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans,
for I see violence and conflict in the city.
for I see violence and conflict in the city.
Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;
for I see violence and strife in the city.
for I see violence and strife in the city.
Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders,
but the real danger is wickedness within the city.
but the real danger is wickedness within the city.
Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;
Everything is falling apart;
threats and cheating are rampant in the streets.
threats and cheating are rampant in the streets.
ruin is in its midst;
oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
It is not an enemy who taunts me —
I could bear that.
It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me —
I could have hidden from them.
I could bear that.
It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me —
I could have hidden from them.
For it is not an enemy who taunts me —
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me —
then I could hide from him.
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me —
then I could hide from him.
Instead, it is you — my equal,
my companion and close friend.
my companion and close friend.
But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.
my companion, my familiar friend.
What good fellowship we once enjoyed
as we walked together to the house of God.
as we walked together to the house of God.
We used to take sweet counsel together;
within God’s house we walked in the throng.
within God’s house we walked in the throng.
Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
let them go down to Sheol alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
But I will call on God,
and the LORD will rescue me.
and the LORD will rescue me.
But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.
and the Lord will save me.
Morning, noon, and night
I cry out in my distress,
and the LORD hears my voice.
I cry out in my distress,
and the LORD hears my voice.
Evening and morning and at noon
I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
He ransoms me and keeps me safe
from the battle waged against me,
though many still oppose me.
from the battle waged against me,
though many still oppose me.
He redeems my soul in safety
from the battle that I wage,
for many are arrayed against me.
from the battle that I wage,
for many are arrayed against me.
God, who has ruled forever,
will hear me and humble them.
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For my enemies refuse to change their ways;
they do not fear God.
will hear me and humble them.
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For my enemies refuse to change their ways;
they do not fear God.
God will give ear and humble them,
he who is enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.
he who is enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.
As for my companion, he betrayed his friends;
he broke his promises.
he broke his promises.
His words are as smooth as butter,
but in his heart is war.
His words are as soothing as lotion,
but underneath are daggers!
but in his heart is war.
His words are as soothing as lotion,
but underneath are daggers!
His speech was smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were drawn swords.
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were drawn swords.
Give your burdens to the LORD,
and he will take care of you.
He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.
and he will take care of you.
He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.
Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.