The Message Bible MSG
New Living Translation NLT
1 I'm in trouble. I cry to God, desperate for an answer:
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I took my troubles to the LORD ; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.
2 "Deliver me from the liars, God! They smile so sweetly but lie through their teeth."
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Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people.
3 Do you know what's next, can you see what's coming, all you barefaced liars?
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O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment?
4 Pointed arrows and burning coals will be your reward.
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You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.
5 I'm doomed to live in Meshech, cursed with a home in Kedar,
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How I suffer in far-off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar.
6 My whole life lived camping among quarreling neighbors.
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I am tired of living among people 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 search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war!
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