18 Why are you after me? Have I done something wrong, or have I committed a crime?

19 Please listen to what I have to say. If the LORD has turned you against me, maybe a sacrifice will make him change his mind. But if some people have turned you against me, I hope the LORD will punish them! They have forced me to leave the land that belongs to the LORD and have told me to worship foreign gods. [4]

20 Don’t let me die in a land far away from the LORD. I’m no more important than a flea! Why should the king of Israel hunt me down as if I were a bird in the mountains?”