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1 A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cry to the LORD, that he may answer me:
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1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
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2 "Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue."
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2 Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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3 What shall be given to you? And what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?
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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 glowing coals of the 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 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents 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 Too long have I had my dwelling among 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 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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| Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible) |
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