The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New International Version NIV
1 A song of ascents: I called to ADONAI in my distress, and he answered me.
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I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
2 Rescue me, ADONAI, from lips that tell lies, from a tongue full of deceit.
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Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
3 What has he in store for you, deceitful tongue? What more will he do to you?
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What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
4 A warrior's sharp arrows, with red-hot coals from a broom tree.
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He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
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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Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 I have had to live far too long with those who hate peace.
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Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
7 I am all for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
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I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
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