Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
New International Version NIV
1 In my distress I called to the Lord, and He answered me:
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I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
2 "Lord, deliver me from lying lips and a deceitful tongue."
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Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
3 What will He give you, and what will He do to you, you deceitful tongue?
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What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
4 A warrior's sharp arrows, with burning charcoal!
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He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
5 What misery that I have stayed in Meshech, that I have lived among the tents 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 with those who hate peace.
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Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
7 I am 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.