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American Standard Version ASV
1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
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In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
2 Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.
3 What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
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What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
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Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
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Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
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My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace.
7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
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I am [for] peace: But when I speak, they are for war.
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