1 “A song of the degrees.” Unto the Lord, when I was in distress, did I call, and he hath answered me.2 O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit.3 What will [God] give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit?4 Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush.5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!6 Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth peace.7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.