New Living Translation NLT
The Message Bible MSG
1 I took my troubles to the LORD ; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.
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I'm in trouble. I cry to God, desperate for an answer:
2 Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people.
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"Deliver me from the liars, God! They smile so sweetly but lie through their teeth."
3 O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment?
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Do you know what's next, can you see what's coming, all you barefaced liars?
4 You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.
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Pointed arrows and burning coals will be your reward.
5 How I suffer in far-off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar.
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I'm doomed to live in Meshech, cursed with a home in Kedar,
6 I am tired of living among people who hate peace.
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My whole life lived camping among quarreling neighbors.
7 I search for peace; but when I speak of peace, they want war!
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I'm all for peace, but the minute I tell them so, they go to war!