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1 I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
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<<A song of degrees.>> In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and He heard me.
2 Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
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Deliver my soul, O LORD, 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, or what shall be done unto thee, thou false 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 in the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
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My soul hath long dwelt 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.