Prayer for Deliverance from the Treacherous.

A Song of Ascents.

1 In my trouble I cried to the LORD,
          And He answered me.

2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips,
          From a deceitful tongue.

3 What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you,
          You deceitful tongue?

4 Sharp arrows of the warrior,
          With the burning coals of the broom tree.

5 Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech,
          For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

6 Too long has my soul had its dwelling
          With those who hate peace.

7 I am for peace, but when I speak,
          They are for war.