CLV(i)
3 And I am discomfited by the voice of the enemy, Because of the pressure of the wicked. For they are slipping lawlessness upon me And are assailing me in anger."
4 My heart, it is travailing within me, And dreadings of death have fallen upon me."
5 Fear and quivering come over me, And shuddering covers me."
6 I said, O that I had pinions like a dove; I would fly away and tabernacle in serenity."
7 Behold, I would bolt away afar; I would lodge in the wilderness. {Interlude{ "
8 I would hurry to a place of deliverance for me, Away from the gusting wind and from the tempest."
9 Do away with them, O Yahweh; befuddle their tongue, For I see Violence and Contention in the city."
10 By day and night they go round about it on its walls, And Lawlessness and Misery are within it."
11 Woes are within it, And Fraud and Deceit do not remove from its square."