Even if you look, you won't see anyone who cares enough to walk beside me. There is no place to hide, and no one who really cares.
No one wants you as a friend or cares what happens to you. But I will heal your injuries, and you will get well.
My friends and neighbors have turned against me because of you, and now darkness is my only companion.
My enemies insult me. Neighbors are even worse, and I disgust my friends. People meet me on the street, and they turn and run.
But all this happened, so that what the prophets wrote would come true.” All Jesus' disciples left him and ran away.
You have made my friends turn in horror from me. I am a prisoner who cannot escape,
I am crushed by insults, and I feel sick. I had hoped for mercy and pity, but there was none.
When I was first put on trial, no one helped me. In fact, everyone deserted me. I hope it won't be held against them.
but he thought to himself, “One of these days, Saul is going to kill me. The only way to escape from him is to go to Philistia. Then I'll be outside of Israel, and Saul will give up trying to catch me.”
You have nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. *
But those who are evil will go blind and lose their way. Their only escape is death!
The Lord protects everyone who follows him, but the wicked follow a road that leads to ruin.
You, Lord, are my God! Please listen to my prayer.
Protect me from the traps of those violent people,
I have given up hope, and I feel numb all over.
These people have dug pits and set traps for me, Lord. Make them scream in fear when you send enemy troops to attack their homes.
All who worship worthless idols turn from the God who offers them mercy.