¹In my distress I cried unto the Lord ,

and He heard me.

²Deliver my soul, O Lord , from lying lips,

from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given to you,

or what shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?

⁴Sharp arrows of the warrior,[#Ps 45:5]

with coals of the broom tree!

⁵Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshech,[#Ge 10:2]

that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

⁶Too long has my soul dwelt

with ones who hate peace.

⁷I am for peace,

but when I speak, they are for war!