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¹ God, listen to my prayer
    and do not ignore my cry for help.
² Pay attention to me and answer me.
    I am troubled and upset
³ by what the enemy says
    and how the wicked look at me.
They bring troubles down on me,
    and in anger they attack me.

⁴ I am frightened inside;
    the terror of death has attacked me.
⁵ I am scared and shaking,
    and terror grips me.
⁶ I said, "I wish I had wings like a dove.
    Then I would fly away and rest.
⁷ I would wander far away
    and stay in the desert. Selah
⁸ I would hurry to my place of escape,
    far away from the wind and storm."

⁹ Lord, destroy and confuse their words,
    because I see violence and fighting in the city.
¹⁰ Day and night they are all around its walls,
    and evil and trouble are everywhere inside.
¹¹ Destruction is everywhere in the city;
    trouble and lying never leave its streets.

¹² It was not an enemy insulting me.
    I could stand that.
It was not someone who hated me.
    I could hide from him.
¹³ But it is you, a person like me,
    my companion and good friend.
¹⁴ We had a good friendship
    and walked together to God's Temple.

¹⁵ Let death take away my enemies.
    Let them die while they are still young
    because evil lives with them.
¹⁶ But I will call to God for help,
    and the Lord will save me.
¹⁷ Morning, noon, and night I am troubled and upset,
    but he will listen to me.
¹⁸ Many are against me,
    but he keeps me safe in battle.
¹⁹ God who lives forever
    will hear me and punish them. Selah
But they will not change;
    they do not fear God.

²⁰ The one who was my friend attacks his friends
    and breaks his promises.
²¹ His words are slippery like butter,
    but war is in his heart.
His words are smoother than oil,
    but they cut like knives.

²² Give your worries to the Lord,
    and he will take care of you.
    He will never let good people down.
²³ But, God, you will bring down
    the wicked to the grave.
Murderers and liars will live
    only half a lifetime.
But I will trust in you.