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^1 (b)Give ear to my prayer, O God,
    and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!
² Attend to me, and answer me;
    I am restless ^(c)in my complaint and I ^(d)moan,
³ because of the noise of the enemy,
    because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they ^(e)drop trouble upon me,
    and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

⁴ My heart is in anguish within me;
    ^(f)the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
⁵ Fear and trembling come upon me,
    and ^(g)horror ^(h)overwhelms me.
⁶ And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest;
^7 (i)yes, I would wander far away;
    I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
⁸ I would hurry to find a shelter
    from ^(j)the raging wind and tempest."

⁹ Destroy, O Lord, ^(k)divide their tongues;
    for I see ^(l)violence and strife in the city.
¹⁰ Day and night they go around it
    on its walls,
and ^(m)iniquity and trouble are within it;
¹¹     ruin is in its midst;
⁽ⁿ⁾oppression and fraud
    do not depart from its marketplace.

¹² For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
    then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who ^(o)deals insolently with me—
    then I could hide from him.
^13 (p)But it is you, a man, my equal,
    my companion, my familiar friend.
¹⁴ We used to take sweet counsel together;
    within God's house we walked in ^(q)the throng.
¹⁵ Let death steal over them;
    let them go down to Sheol ^(r)alive;
    for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

¹⁶ But I call to God,
    and the Lord will save me.
^17 (s)Evening and ^(t)morning and at ^(u)noon
    I ^(v)utter my complaint and moan,
    and he hears my voice.
¹⁸ He redeems my soul in safety
    from the battle that I wage,
    for ^(w)many are arrayed against me.
¹⁹ God will give ear and humble them,
    he who is ^(x)enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not ^(y)change
    and do not fear God.

²⁰ My companion^{[b] (z)}stretched out his hand against his friends;
    he violated his covenant.
²¹ His ^(aa)speech was ^(ab)smooth as butter,
    yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
    yet they were ^(ac)drawn swords.

^22 (ad)Cast your burden on the Lord,
    and he will sustain you;
^(ae)he will never permit
    the righteous to be moved.

²³ But you, O God, ^(af)will cast them down
    into ^(ag)the pit of destruction;
men of ^(ah)blood and treachery
    shall not ^(ai)live out half their days.
But I will ^(aj)trust in you.