8 I would hasten my escapefrom the windy storm and tempest.”
9 Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues,for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around it on its walls;trouble and sorrow are in its midst.
11 Destruction is in its midst;oppression and treachery do not depart from its streets.
12 For it is not an enemy who reproachesme;then I could bear it.Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; then I could hide from him.
13 But it was you, my peer,my guide, and my acquaintance.
14 We took pleasant counsel together,and walked to the house of God in company.