Psalm title
שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת
1 A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
אֶל־יְהוָה בַּצָּרָתָה לִּי קָרָאתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
יְֽהוָה הַצִּילָה נַפְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת־שֶׁקֶר מִלָּשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה׃
3 What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
מַה־יִּתֵּן לְךָ וּמַה־יֹּסִיף לָךְ לָשׁוֹן רְמִיָּֽה׃
4 Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
חִצֵּי גִבּוֹר שְׁנוּנִים עִם גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִֽים׃
5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
אֽוֹיָה־לִי כִּי־גַרְתִּי מֶשֶׁךְ שָׁכַנְתִּי עִֽם־אָהֳלֵי קֵדָֽר׃
6 Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
רַבַּת שָֽׁכְנָה־לָּהּ נַפְשִׁי עִם שׂוֹנֵא שָׁלֽוֹם׃
7 I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.
אֲֽנִי־שָׁלוֹם וְכִי אֲדַבֵּר הֵמָּה לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
English: The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain; World English Bible and King James Version, public domain. Original text: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), license CC BY 4.0 — Hebrew from the Leningrad Codex and Greek from the Textus Receptus.