A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord.
1I call out to the LORD when I’m in trouble, and he answers me.2LORD, save me from people whose lips tell lies. Save me from people whose tongues don’t tell the truth.3What will the LORD do to you, you lying tongue? And what more will he do?4He will punish you with the sharp arrows of a soldier. He will punish you with burning coals from a desert bush.5How terrible it is for me to live in the tents of the people of Meshek! How terrible to live in the tents of the people of Kedar!6I have lived too long among those who hate peace.7I want peace. But when I speak, they want war.
1A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. (Ex 34:24; 1Ki 12:27; Isa 30:29)2Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.3What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? (1Sa 3:17)4A warrior’s sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree! (Ps 45:5; Ps 127:4; Ps 140:10; Pr 25:22; Jer 50:9)5Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! (Ge 10:2; Ge 25:13; So 1:5; Isa 60:7; Jer 49:28; Eze 27:13; Eze 27:21; Eze 38:2; Eze 39:1)6Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.7I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war! (Ps 109:4)