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⁴ My heart shudders within me;^(C1)
terrors of death sweep over me.⁵ Fear and trembling grip me;
horror has overwhelmed me.^(C1)6 I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and find rest.^(C1)7 How far away I would flee;
I would stay in the wilderness.^(C1)Selah⁸ I would hurry to my shelter
from the raging wind and the storm.”^(C1)

⁹ Lord, confuse^(F1) and confound their speech,^(F2)(C1)
for I see violence and strife in the city;¹⁰ day and night they make the rounds on its walls.
Crime and trouble are within it;^(C1)11 destruction is inside it;
oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace.^(C1)

¹² Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.¹³ But it is you, a man who is my peer,
my companion and good friend!^(C1)14 We used to have close fellowship;
we walked with the crowd into the house of God.^(C1)

¹⁵ Let death take them by surprise;^(C1)
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.^(C2)16 But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.^(C1)17 I complain and groan morning, noon, and night,^(C1)
and he hears my voice.^(C2)18 Though many are against me,
he will redeem me from my battle unharmed.^(C1)19 God, the one enthroned from long ago,^(C1)
will hear and will humiliate themSelah
because they do not change
and do not fear God.^(C2)

²⁰ My friend^(C1) acts violently
against those at peace with him;^(C2)
he violates his covenant.^(C3)21 His buttery words are smooth,
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.^(C1)

²² Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;^(C1)
he will never allow the righteous to be shaken.^(C2)

²³ God, you will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;^(C1)
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.^(C2)
But I will trust in you.^(C3)