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New Living Translation NLT
1 In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
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I took my troubles to the LORD ; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.
2 Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
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Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people.
3 What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?
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O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment?
4 A warrior’s sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!
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You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.
5 Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
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How I suffer in far-off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar.
6 Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.
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I am tired of living among people who hate peace.
7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war!
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I search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war!
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