A Song of the Ascents.
120 I called to Jehovah in my distress,+
And he answered me.+
2 O Jehovah, rescue me from lying lips
And from the deceitful tongue.
3 What will He do to you, and how will He punish you,
You deceitful tongue?+
4 With sharp arrows+ of a warrior
And burning coals+ of broomwood.
5 Woe to me, for I have lived as a foreigner in Meʹshech!+
I have been dwelling among the tents of Keʹdar.+
6 I have been dwelling far too long
With those who hate peace.+
7 I am for peace, but when I speak,
They are for war.