A Prayer for Deliverance from Distress

Psalms 55:1-8

Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication.

Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah

I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.