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1 I cried out to the LORD when I was in trouble (and he answered me):
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1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
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2 "LORD, deliver me from lying lips and a dishonest tongue!"
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2 Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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3 What more will be given to you, what more will be done to you, you dishonest tongue?
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3 What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
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4 Just this: a warrior's sharpened arrows, coupled with burning coals from a wood fire!
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4 He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.
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5 Oh, I'm doomed because I have been an immigrant in Meshech, because I've made my home among Kedar's tents.
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5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
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6 I've lived far too long with people who hate peace.
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6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
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7 I'm for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
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7 I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
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