Psalms 55:1-8

1Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!

2Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan,

3because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

5Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.

6And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;

7yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah

8I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest."