New International Reader's Version NIRV
New International Version NIV
1 I call out to the LORD when I'm in trouble, and he answers me.
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I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
2 Lord, save me from people whose lips tell lies. Save me from people whose tongues don't tell the truth.
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Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
3 What will the LORD do to you, you lying tongue? And what more will he do?
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What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with the sharp arrows of a soldier. He will punish you with burning wood from a desert tree.
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He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
5 How terrible it is for me to live in the tents of the people of Meshech! How terrible to live in the tents of the people of Kedar!
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Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 I have lived too long among those who hate peace.
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Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
7 I want peace. But when I speak, they want war.
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I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
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