2Hear me and answer me; return to my cry and incline to me,

3Because of mine enemies, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they have devised iniquity against me, and reproached me.

4My heart is greatly pained within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and the shadow of death has overwhelmed me.

6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away and be at rest.

7Lo, then I would fly far off and dwell in the wilderness.

8I would wait for him that will save me from the windy storm and the tempest.

9Destroy, O LORD, and render useless their tongues; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10Day and night they go about it, around its walls; injustice and mischief are in the midst of it.

11Wickedness is in the midst of it; deceit and guile depart not from its streets.

12For it was not mine enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it; neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him;

13But it was you, a man mine equal, my kinsman, and my friend.

14We ate a meal together in the house of God, and we walked in harmony.

15Bring death upon them; bury them alive in the grave, because there is evil among them.

16As for me, I will call upon God; and God shall save me.

17At evening and in the morning and at noon will I pray and cry aloud; and he shall hear my voice.

18Deliver my soul from those who have been too wise for me, from those who have opposed me continuously.

19God, even the Eternal one, shall hear and humble them. With them also there are no changes; therefore they fear not God.

20They have put forth their hands against their neighbours, they have broken his covenant.

21They were afraid because of the anger in his countenance and the wrath in his heart; his words were smoother than butter, yet were they sharp like the point of a spear.

22Cast your worries upon the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never suffer the righteous to fear want.

23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out their days; but I will trust in thee.