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¹ In my distress I called to the Lord,
and He answered me.^(a)
2 "Lord, deliver me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue."^(b)

³ What will He give you,
and what will He do to you,
you deceitful tongue?^(c)
4 A warrior's sharp arrows
with burning charcoal!^[a](d)

⁵ What misery that I have stayed in Meshech,^[b](e)
that I have lived among the tents of Kedar!^[c](f)
6 I have lived too long
with those who hate peace.^(g)
7 I am for peace; but when I speak,
they are for war.^(h)