Psalm 55:1-8

GOD’S WORD Translation

55 Open your ears to my prayer, O God.
Do not hide from my plea for mercy.
² Pay attention to me, and answer me.
My thoughts are restless, and I am confused
³ because my enemy shouts at me
and a wicked person persecutes me.
They bring misery crashing down on me,
and they attack me out of anger.
⁴ My heart is in turmoil.
The terrors of death have seized me.
⁵ Fear and trembling have overcome me.
Horror has overwhelmed me.
⁶ I said, “If only I had wings like a dove—
I would fly away and find rest.
⁷ Indeed, I would run far away.
I would stay in the desert. Selah
⁸ I would hurry to find shelter
from the raging wind and storm.”