1A song of ascents.
In my distress I cried to the LORD,
and He answered me.
1A Song of the Ascents. To YHWH, in the distress for me, I cried out, and He answered me.
2Deliver my soul, O LORD,
from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
2O YHWH, deliver my soul from a lip of falsehood, from a tongue of deceit!
3What will He do to you,
and what will be added to you,
O deceitful tongue?
3What will He give to you, or what will He add to you, O tongue of deceit?
4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior,
with burning coals of the broom tree!
4The sharpened arrows of a mighty one, with the burning coals of broom trees!
5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech,
that I live among the tents of Kedar!
5Woe to me for I have sojourned in Mesech; I have dwelt among the tents of Kedar!
6Too long have I dwelt
among those who hate peace.
6Too much has dwelt my soul with the one hating peace!
7I am in favor of peace;
but when I speak, they want war.
7I am peace, and when I speak, they are for war.