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A Song of degrees.
In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?* Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.§
* 120:3 What shall be given…: or, What shall the deceitful tongue give unto thee? or, what shall is profit thee? 120:3 done: Heb. added 120:4 Sharp…: or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man, with coals of juniper § 120:7 for peace: or, a man of peace