Psalm 55:1-7

International Children’s Bible

A Prayer About a False Friend

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David.

55 God, listen to my prayer.
    Do not ignore my prayer.
²Pay attention to me and answer me.
    I am troubled and upset
³by what the enemy says
    and how the wicked look at me.
They bring troubles down on me.
    In anger they attack me.

⁴I am frightened inside.
    The terror of death has attacked me.
⁵I am scared and shaking.
    Terror grips me.
⁶I said, “I wish I had wings like a dove.
    Then I would fly away and rest.
⁷I would wander far away.
    I would stay in the desert. Selah