Psalms 55:1-8

¹To the Overseer with stringed instruments. — An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, to my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.

²Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,

³Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

⁴My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

⁵Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.

⁶And I say, 'Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,

⁷Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.

⁸I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.