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1 A song of ascents: I called to ADONAI in my distress, 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 Rescue me, ADONAI, from lips that tell lies, from a tongue full of deceit.
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2 Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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3 What has he in store for you, deceitful tongue? What more will he do to you?
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3 What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
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4 A warrior's sharp arrows, with red-hot coals from a broom tree.
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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 How wretched I am, that I'm an alien in Meshekh, that I must live among the tents of Keidar!
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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 have had to live far too long with those who hate peace.
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6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
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7 I am all 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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| Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (The Complete Jewish Bible Online) |
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