A song of ascents.
1
I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
2
Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
3
What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
4
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
5
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6
Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
7
I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.