1 Hear my prayer, O God; ♦︎
hide not yourself from my petition.
2 Give heed to me and answer me; ♦︎
I am restless in my complaining.
3 I am alarmed at the voice of the enemy ♦︎
and at the clamour of the wicked;
4 For they would bring down evil upon me ♦︎
and are set against me in fury.
5 My heart is disquieted within me, ♦︎
and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
6 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, ♦︎
and a horrible dread has overwhelmed me.
7 And I said: O that I had wings like a dove, ♦︎
for then would I fly away and be at rest.
8 Then would I flee far away ♦︎
and make my lodging in the wilderness.