Plea for Relief from Bitter Foes

¹In my distress I cried to the Lord ,[#(Is. 53:6); Jer. 50:6; Matt. 18:12; Luke 15:4; (1 Pet. 2:25)]

And He heard me.

²Deliver my soul, O Lord , from lying lips

And from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given to you,

Or what shall be done to you,

You false tongue?

⁴Sharp arrows of the warrior,

With coals of the broom tree!

⁵Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshech,[#Jon. 2:2]

That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

⁶My soul has dwelt too long

With one who hates peace.

⁷I am for peace;

But when I speak, they are for war.