The Message Bible MSG
World English Bible WEB
1 I'm in trouble. I cry to God, desperate for an answer:
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<<A Song of Ascents.>> In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
2 "Deliver me from the liars, God! They smile so sweetly but lie through their teeth."
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Deliver my soul, Yahweh, 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 will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, You deceitful tongue?
4 Pointed arrows and burning coals will be your reward.
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Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
5 I'm doomed to live in Meshech, cursed with a home in Kedar,
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Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6 My whole life lived camping among quarreling neighbors.
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My soul has had her dwelling too long With him who hates 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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