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Good News Translation GNT
1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
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When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
2 Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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Save me, Lord, from liars and deceivers.
3 What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
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You liars, what will God do to you? How will he punish you?
4 He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
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With a soldier's sharp arrows, with red-hot coals!
5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
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Living among you is as bad as living in Meshech or among the people of Kedar.
6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
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I have lived too long with people who hate peace!
7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
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When I speak of peace, they are for war.
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