Psalms 119
1 A Song of Degrees.
In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he hearkened to me.
2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust
lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
3 What should be given to thee, and
what should be added to thee, for thy crafty tongue?
4 Sharpened weapons of the mighty,
with coals of the desert.
5 Woe is me, that my sojourning is
aHeb. משך.prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar.
6 My soul has long been a sojourner;
7 I was peaceable among them that
hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.