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New Revised Standard NRS
1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
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In my distress I cry to the Lord, that he may answer me:
2 Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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"Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, 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 to you? And what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
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A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!
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 am an alien in Meshech, that I must live among the tents of Kedar.
6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
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Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate 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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