1A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. (2Mo 34,24; 1Kön 12,27; Jes 30,29)2Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.3What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? (1Sam 3,17)4A warrior’s sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree! (Ps 45,5; Ps 127,4; Ps 140,10; Spr 25,22; Jer 50,9)5Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! (1Mo 10,2; 1Mo 25,13; Hl 1,5; Jes 60,7; Jer 49,28; Hes 27,13; Hes 27,21; Hes 38,2; Hes 39,1)6Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.7I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war! (Ps 109,4)