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