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1 A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.
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1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
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2 O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, 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 doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O 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 Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.
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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 Wo to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with 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 much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.
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6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
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7 I [am] peace, and 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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| Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain. (Young's Literal Translation - The Bible Online) |
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