1 A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he answered me.2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips [and] from a deceitful tongue.3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!6 My soul has long dwelt with those that hate peace.7 I [am for] peace; but when I speak, they [are] for war.: