English Standard Version ESV
The Message Bible MSG
1 In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.
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I'm in trouble. I cry to God, desperate for an answer:
2 Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
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"Deliver me from the liars, God! They smile so sweetly but lie through their teeth."
3 What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?
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Do you know what's next, can you see what's coming, all you barefaced liars?
4 A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!
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Pointed arrows and burning coals will be your reward.
5 Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
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I'm doomed to live in Meshech, cursed with a home in Kedar,
6 Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.
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My whole life lived camping among quarreling neighbors.
7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war!
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I'm all for peace, but the minute I tell them so, they go to war!
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.