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1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
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1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
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2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and 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 unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false 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 the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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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 Mesech, that I dwell in 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 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth 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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