1    When I was in trouble I called to the Lord;  ♦

I called to the Lord and he answered me.

2    Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips  ♦

and from a deceitful tongue.

3    What shall be given to you?  ♦

What more shall be done to you, deceitful tongue?

4    The sharp arrows of a warrior,  ♦

tempered in burning coals!

5    Woe is me, that I must lodge in Meshech  ♦

and dwell among the tents of Kedar.

6    My soul has dwelt too long  ♦

with enemies of peace.

7    I am for making peace,  ♦

but when I speak of it, they make ready for war.

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