1<\/sup>A Canticle in steps. When troubled, I cried out to the Lord, and he heard me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>O Lord, free my soul from lips of iniquity and from the deceitful tongue.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>What will be given to you, or what will be added to you, for a deceitful tongue?:<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>the sharp arrows of the powerful, along with the burning coals of desolation.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Woe to me, for my sojourning has been prolonged. I have lived with the inhabitants of Kedar.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>My soul has long been a sojourner.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>With those who hated peace, I was peaceful. When I spoke to them, they fought against me without cause.<\/span> <\/p>\n