1 A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have  called, And He answereth me.
         
                                
                        2 O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a  deceitful tongue!
         
                                
                        3 What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O  deceitful tongue!
         
                                
                        4 Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
         
                                
                        5 Wo to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with  tents of Kedar.
         
                                
                        6 Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.
         
                                
                        7 I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!