(Psalm 55 )

Please listen, and heed what I say.
.... Can't you hear my complaint?
.... Don't you see when I faint?
Your attention I need most today.

My heart's full of woe,
For the voice of my foe
Is with me wherever I go.
.... He oppresses me sore,
.... Behind and before.
My opponent has struck his cruel blow.

Give me wings like a dove.
May I soar skies above
‘Til I find me a wilderness cove.
.... For then I'll find peace,
.... And my sorrows will cease.
There I'll stay hidden out in a grove.

I've been hurt by a friend:
This I can't comprehend.
On each other we did always depend.
.... He would walk by my side--
.... My equal, my guide:
His treason caused our friendship to end.

Though the battle is long,
And the enemy strong,
I know that to God I belong.
.... Morning, noontime, and night,
.... In the midst of the fight,
I will call to my Lord with a song.

God is always close by.
He will not let me die.
He is listening for my desperate cry.
.... I will trust in the Lord.
.... His PEACE my reward.
All injustice He'll soon rectify.