Chapter 119

A prayer in tribulation.

1. 1

   A gradual canticle.

2. 2

   O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

3. 3

   What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue?

4. 4

   The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

5. 5

   Wo is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: 6 my soul hath been long a sojourner.

6. 7

   With them that hate peace I was peaceable; when I spoke to them, they fought against me without cause.