Psalms

⁸I would run away. I would escape from this storm of trouble. ⁹My Lord, confuse their words and stop their plans. I see so much cruelty and fighting in this city. ¹⁰Day and night, in every neighborhood, the city is filled with evil and trouble. ¹¹There is so much crime in the streets. People who hurt and cheat others are everywhere. ¹²If it were an enemy insulting me, I could bear it. If it were my enemies attacking me, I could hide. ¹³But it is you, the one so close to me, my companion, my good friend, who does this. ¹⁴We used to share our secrets with one another, as we walked through the crowds together in God’s Temple.