A Cry for Truth and Peace

¹In my distress I called to the Lord ,

and he answered me.

²‘Lord , rescue me from lying lips

and a deceitful tongue.’

³What will he give you,

and what will he do to you,

you deceitful tongue?

⁴A warrior’s sharp arrows

with burning charcoal! ,

⁵What misery that I have stayed in Meshech, ,[#120:5 = a people far to the north of Palestine; #120:5 Ezk 27:13]

that I have lived among the tents of Kedar! ,

⁶I have dwelt too long

with those who hate peace.

⁷I am for peace; but when I speak,

they are for war.