CXX. Book V. Prayer for Deliverance from the Treacherous. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book V

CXX

Prayer for Deliverance from the Treacherous

A Song of Ascents.


[1]	IN my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
[2]	Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, And from a deceitful tongue.
[3]	What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
[4]	Sharp 1 arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper. 2
[5]	Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
[6]	My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
[7]	I am for peace: But when I speak, they are for war.

Note 1. Or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man. [back]

Note 2. Or, broom. [back]