1 A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

2 O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

3 W hat doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

4 S harp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5 W o to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

6 T oo much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

7 I peace, and when I speak they for war!

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.