1

I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me.

2

Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

3

What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?

4

He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.

5

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

6

Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

7

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