³ My stomach aches and burns with pain.
    Sharp pangs of anguish are upon me,
    like those of a woman in labor.
I grow faint when I hear what God is planning;
    I am too afraid to look.
⁴ My mind reels and my heart races.
    I longed for evening to come,
    but now I am terrified of the dark.

²⁴ The fears of the wicked will be fulfilled;
    the hopes of the godly will be granted.

¹⁹ In an instant they are destroyed,
    completely swept away by terrors.

⁵ But when they saw it, they were stunned;
    they were terrified and ran away.
⁶ They were gripped with terror
    and writhed in pain like a woman in labor.

¹¹ “Terrors surround the wicked
    and trouble them at every step.

²¹ The sound of terror rings in their ears,
    and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.