Q:

“So help me heaven!”, the man cried, “I shall never lie again.”

• 1
  The man cries out to heaven to help him not to lie again ever.
• 2
  The man called upon heaven to witness his resolve that he would never lie again.
• 3
  The man requested heaven to help him and see that he lie again.
• 4
  The man called heaven and ordered to help him and see to it that she never lies again.