| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by stringed instruments. Listen to my prayer, O God. Do not ignore my cry for help! |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3My enemies shout at me, making loud and wicked threats. They bring trouble on me and angrily hunt me down. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death assaults me. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can't stop shaking. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest! |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I would fly far away to the quiet of the wilderness. Interlude |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8How quickly I would escape--far from this wild storm of hatred. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans, for I see violence and conflict in the city. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Its walls are patrolled day and night against invaders, but the real danger is wickedness within the city. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Everything is falling apart; threats and cheating are rampant in the streets. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Instead, it is you--my equal, my companion and close friend. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14What good fellowship we once enjoyed as we walked together to the house of God. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Let death stalk my enemies; let the grave swallow them alive, for evil makes its home within them. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But I will call on God, and the LORD will rescue me. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my distress, and the LORD hears my voice. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18He ransoms me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me, though many still oppose me. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20As for my companion, he betrayed his friends; he broke his promises. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21His words are as smooth as butter, but in his heart is war. His words are as soothing as lotion, but underneath are daggers! |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Give your burdens to the LORD, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007.
Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All Rights Reserved. |
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