1 A song of ascents.The Lord answered mewhen I called in my distress:
2 Lord, deliver my soul from lying lips,from a treacherous tongue.
3 What will he inflict on you,O treacherous tongue,and what more besides?
4 A warrior’s arrowssharpened with coals of brush wood!
5 Alas, I am a foreigner in Meshech,I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long do I liveamong those who hate peace.