1God, listen to my prayer,
2Listen to me, and answer me,
3My enemies cause me to be terrified;
4I am terrified,
5I am very fearful and I tremble/shake,
6I said, “I wish that I had wings like a dove!
7I would fly far away
8I would quickly find a shelter from my enemies
9Lord, confuse my enemies, and cause their plans to fail,
10During each day and night they march around on top of its walls,
11They destroy things everywhere.
12If it were an enemy who was making fun of me,
13But it is someone who is just like me, my companion,
14We previously had many good talks together;
15I desire/hope that my enemies will die suddenly;
16But I will ask Yahweh, my God, to help me,
17Each morning and each noontime and each evening I tell him what I am concerned about, and I moan,
18I have very many enemies,
19God is the one who has ruled everything forever,
20My companion, whom I mentioned previously, betrayed his friends
21What he said was easy to listen to, like butter is easy to swallow [MET],
22Put your troubles in Yahweh’s hands,
23God, you will cause murderers [MTY] and liars to die before they have lived half as long as they expect to live;