| International Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Pay attention to my prayer, God, and do not hide yourself from my appeal. | 1Listen to my prayer, O God. Do not ignore my cry for help! |
| 2Pay attention to me and answer me. I moan and groan in my thoughts, | 2Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles. |
| 3because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the wicked. They bring down evil upon me, and in anger they hate me. | 3My enemies shout at me, making loud and wicked threats. They bring trouble on me and angrily hunt me down. |
| 4My heart is trembling within me, and the terrors of death have assaulted me. | 4My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death assaults me. |
| 5Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and horror has covered me. | 5Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can’t stop shaking. |
| 6I said, "O, who will give me the wings of a dove, so that I could fly away and live somewhere else? | 6Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest! |
| 7Look, I want to flee far away; I want to settle down in the wilderness. Interlude | 7I would fly far away to the quiet of the wilderness. Interlude |
| 8I want to deliver myself quickly from this windstorm and tempest." | 8How quickly I would escape— far from this wild storm of hatred. |
| 9Confound them, Lord, and confuse their speech, because I have seen violence and strife in the city. | 9Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans, for I see violence and conflict in the city. |
| 10Day and night they prowl around its walls; evil and iniquity are within it. | 10Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders, but the real danger is wickedness within the city. |
| 11Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets. | 11Everything is falling apart; threats and cheating are rampant in the streets. |
| 12For it is not an enemy who insults me— I could have handled that— nor is it someone who hates me and who now arises against me— I could have hidden myself from him— | 12It is not an enemy who taunts me— I could bear that. It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me— I could have hidden from them. |
| 13but it is you— a man whom I treated as my equal— my personal confidant, my close friend! | 13Instead, it is you—my equal, my companion and close friend. |
| 14We had good fellowship together; and we even walked together in the house of God! | 14What good fellowship we once enjoyed as we walked together to the house of God. |
| 15Let death seize them! May they be plunged alive into the afterlife, for wicked things are in their homes and among them. | 15Let death stalk my enemies; let the grave swallow them alive, for evil makes its home within them. |
| 16I call upon God, and the LORD will deliver me. | 16But I will call on God, and the LORD will rescue me. |
| 17Morning, noon, and night, I mulled over these things and cried out in my distress, and he heard my voice. | 17Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my distress, and the LORD hears my voice. |
| 18He calmly ransomed my soul from the war waged against me, for there was a vast crowd who stood against me. | 18He ransoms me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me, though many still oppose me. |
| 19God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God. | 19God, who has ruled forever, will hear me and humble them. Interlude For my enemies refuse to change their ways; they do not fear God. |
| 20Each of my friends raises his hand against his allies; each of my friends breaks his word. | 20As for my companion, he betrayed his friends; he broke his promises. |
| 21His mouth is as smooth as butter, while war is in his heart. His words were as smooth as olive oil, while his sword is drawn. | 21His words are as smooth as butter, but in his heart is war. His words are as soothing as lotion, but underneath are daggers! |
| 22Cast on the LORD whatever he sends your way, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. | 22Give your burdens to the LORD, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall. |
| 23But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. | 23But you, O God, will send the wicked down to the pit of destruction. Murderers and liars will die young, but I am trusting you to save me. |
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