Psalm 55:4-14

New International Version

⁴ My heart is in anguish^(A) within me;
    the terrors^(B) of death have fallen on me.
⁵ Fear and trembling^(C) have beset me;
    horror^(D) has overwhelmed me.
⁶ I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
⁷ I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;^[a](E)
8 I would hurry to my place of shelter,^(F)
    far from the tempest and storm.^(G)”

⁹ Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,^(H)
    for I see violence and strife^(I) in the city.^(J)
10 Day and night they prowl^(K) about on its walls;
    malice and abuse are within it.
¹¹ Destructive forces^(L) are at work in the city;
    threats and lies^(M) never leave its streets.

¹² If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
¹³ But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,^(N)
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship^(O)
    at the house of God,^(P)
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.