1(55) For the end, amongst Hymns of instruction by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.
2Attend to me, and listen to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled;
3because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.
4My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.
5Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.