Psalms 55:7-14

⁷I would wander far away, find refuge in the wilderness. Selah

⁸I would find myself a shelter from raging wind and tempest.

⁹Confuse them, Lord, upset their plans; for I see violence and strife in the city.

¹⁰By day and by night they make their rounds on the city walls, while within is crime and trouble,

¹¹within is ruin. Her market-place is never free of deceit and tyranny.

¹²The taunts were not those of a foe that I could have borne; the disdain was not that of an enemy I could have shunned them:

¹³but it was you, my equal, my dear and familiar friend.

¹⁴We used to be so close, together we walked in God's house with the crowd.