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A song of ascents.

¹ I call on the LORD in my distress,
and he answers me.

² Save me, O LORD , from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.

³ What will he do to you,
and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?

⁴ He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with burning coals of the broom tree.

⁵ Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech,
that I live among the tents of Kedar!

⁶ Too long have I lived
among those who hate peace.

⁷ I am a man of peace;
but when I speak, they are for war.