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1 When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord, 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, save me from liars and from those who plan evil.
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2 Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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3 You who plan evil, what will God do to you? How will he punish you?
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3 What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?
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4 He will punish you with the sharp arrows of a warrior and with burning coals of wood.
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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 terrible it is for me to live in the land of Meshech, to live among the people of Kedar.
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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 lived 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 When I talk peace, they want war. A song for going up to worship.
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7 I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
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| Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Century Version Online Bible) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
