Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.

I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah

I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.”

O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.

Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.

God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.

My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?

Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.

For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.

They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”