“Destruction is in her midst; oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets. For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, then I could bear it; nor is…
“Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. Day and night they go around her upon her walls, and iniquity and mischief…
“Behold, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. “I would hasten to my place of refuge from the stormy wind and tempest.” (Psalm 55:7-8) Lord,…
“My heart is in anguish within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me. I said, “Oh,…
“For strangers have risen against me and violent men have sought my life; they have not set God before them. Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer…
“There they were in great fear where no fear had been; for God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you; you put them to shame, because God had…
“Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge, who…