1 O hear my prayer, O LORD my God;
do not ignore my plea.
2 For I am restless and distraught;
O hear and answer me.
3 My enemies lift up their voice,
the violent oppress;
to do me wrong my foes rejoice,
and love my soul’s distress.
4 Within me anguish grips my heart;
death’s terrors have come near.
5 I tremble and am terrified;
I’m overwhelmed by fear.
6 “If I had wings, then I would fly
7 to some lone desert waste;
8 I from the stormy wind would flee,
and to a shelter haste.”
The psalm continues with Psalm 55B.
– cento
Oremus 